"1 The basic requirement for a good Confession is to have ... our sins with true sorrow before his representative, the priest. Examine your conscience. Recall your sins. Calmly ask yourself ...

When was my last good Confession? Did I re­ceive Commu­nion or other sacraments while in the state of mortal sin? Did I intention­ally fail to confess some mortal sin in my previous Confession?