I still do the "Bless me father..." part. It's really rather individual once you are there. I actually had a priest stop me once when I launched into that before the Sign of the Cross.
The Act of Contrition I have memorized is the same up to "I firmly resolve..." There it is "I firmly resolve with the help of thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin."
"It's really rather individual once you are there. I actually had a priest stop me once when I launched into that before the Sign of the Cross."
You started to say, "Bless me father, for I have sinned," and he stopped you?
What did he say?