O Lord God, 

I hope by your grace for the pardon 

of all my sins

and after life here to gain eternal happiness

because you have promised it 

who are infinitely powerful, faithful, kind, 

and merciful. 

In this hope I intend to live and die. 

Amen.

Excerpted from the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, © Copyright 2005 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana.