Like all the Sacraments, Penance is a Liturgical action. the elements of the Celebration are ordinarily these: a greeting and Blessing from the Priest, reading the word of God to illuminate the Conscience and elicit contrition, and an exhortation to repentance; the Confession, which acKnowledges Sins and makes them known to the priest; the imposition and acceptance of a penance; the priest's Absolution; a Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise and dismissal with the blesSing of the priest.