<P> In Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism, the Penitential Rite, also known as confession that takes place at the start of each Divine Service or Mass . </P> <P> In the Roman Catholic Church, the ordinary form of the Mass was promulgated in 2000 as Third edition of the Roman Missal . In the ordinary form, the Penitential Act is part of the Introductory Rites . It follows the greeting in the order of Mass . The three formulas of the Penitential Act are: </P>

When is the penitential rite said in mass