| Devotion Name: | Act of Contrition Devotion | Devotion Type: | Prayer | |
| Primary Focus: | Christ | Origin Century: | 16 | |
| Origin Region: | Universal Church | Founder or Promoter: | Catechetical tradition | |
| Duration or Frequency: | Daily or at customary hours | |||
| Associated Promises: | Traditionally associated with sanctification of daily life and greater recollection. | |||
| Liturgical Association: | Daily prayer; domestic church | |||
| Feast Day(s): | Daily or customary observance | |||
| Spiritual Significance: | Consecrates ordinary life by habitual remembrance of God. | |||
| Virtues Emphasized: | Faith|Recollection|Fidelity|Simplicity | |||
| Related Saints: | Various saints | |||
| Related Events: | Catholic devotional tradition | |||
Summary: Classic Catholic prayer devotion that sanctifies daily life through repeated remembrance of divine mysteries.
Description:
Act of Contrition Devotion belongs to the treasury of Catholic prayer by which daily life is consecrated through brief but meaningful acts of devotion. Such prayers often endure for centuries because they can be learned simply and returned to faithfully.
In repeating them, the Christian learns that holiness is built as much through steady remembrance as through dramatic moments. The ordinary hours become occasions of grace when regularly offered back to God.
How to Practice: Pray at the customary hour or circumstance associated with the devotion, repeating it faithfully.
Spiritual Significance: Consecrates ordinary life by habitual remembrance of God.
