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Then the satisfaction enjoined was , first , after confessing all our sins to a priest , suppliantly to ask pardon and absolution ; and , secondly , by good to efface from Thy remembrance our bad actions . A number of responses raised the question of the Third Rite of Reconciliation , i.e , a communal penance service with general confession and absolution . More in-depth explanations of Archdeaconry court procedure can be found in the catalogue descriptions of many of the Archdeaconry record series , especially those relating to Act Books , Citations , Excommunications and Absolutions , Libels , Penances and Presentment Bills . For Christians and for the world , it is thought , there must be something like an act of universal repentance and absolution if we are to walk upright into the Third Millennium . One of the maids having fainted three times the last day of Lent , to keep soul and body together we put a morsel of roast beef into her mouth , which came from Sir Murtagh 's dinner , who never fasted , not he ; but somehow or other it unfortunately reached my lady 's ears , and the priest of the parish had a complaint made of it the next day , and the poor girl was forced as soon as she could walk to do penance for it , before she could get any peace or absolution in the house or out of it . Excommunications and Absolutions ( AN / E ) were filed in the Archdeaconry archive . There they humbly begged for pardon and absolution and offered to undergo any penance that he might inflict ; he made them swear obedience to him and appointed the following Sunday for the penance , when they were all obliged to attend mass as penitents , with lighted candles in their hands , thus incurring an indelible stigma on themselves and their posterity . It is true that at special moments , especially at Easter and Christmas , there is a noticeable increase in the participation of the sacrament and the wide use of the Second Rite , i.e ., a communal penance service with individual confession and absolution .