In case you missed the news, priests in the United States will begin using a new translation of prayers for the celebration of confession. In this slightly revised translation of the Sacrament of Penance, a few words will be different in the priests’ prayers, such as the Prayer of Absolution. Don’t worry though! All the changes are on the priests’ side of things, not the penitents. The process of going to confession and the penitents’ parts all remains the same. All these changes take mandatory effect on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16. May these new translations help us to experience the love which God has for us through our reception of the Sacrament of Penance.