[Patricia]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Now I'll have to get my niece to translate. (She has a degree in Latin. Mine is in Molecular Biology....)

It's the older form of the confiteor prayer. Here's a translation:

I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you brethren, that I have sinned exceedingly, in thought, word and deed: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you brethren, to pray to the Lord our God for me.