E arly in the Mass, the priest – chanting in Latin – leads the congregation in a prayer of repentance.The faithful respond: “Confiteor Deo omnipotenti et vobis, fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo, opere et omissione,” which in English is, “I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers (and sisters), that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in ...