Valid absolution?

Valid absolution? Question from on 05-15-2007:

The priest said "I absolve you of all your sins. Father, Son and + Holy Spirit." Was the absolution valid?

Answer by Fr. John Trigilio on 06-05-2007:

YES. The bare minimum required for validity is EGO TE ABSOLVO A PECCATIS TUIS, IN NOMINE PATRIS, ET FILIIS, ET SPIRITUS SANCTI (I absolve you from your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. The preceding part of the formula is required for LICEITY (licit) but is not necessary for validity. "God, the Father of mercies, through the death and the resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Deus, Pater misericordiarum, qui per mortem et resurrectionem Filii Sui mundum Sibi reconciliavit et Spiritum Sanctum effudit in remissionem peccatorum, per ministerium Ecclesiae indulgentiam tibi tribuat et pacem. Et ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti

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