Wed 25 Feb 2004
Holy and merciful God, we confess to You and to one another and to the whole communion of saints in heaven and on earth, that we have sinned by our own fault in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved You with our whole heart and mind and strength.
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We have not forgiven others as we have been forgiven.
Have mercy on us, O God.We have not listened to Your call to serve as Christ served us.
We have not been true to the mind of Christ.
We have grieved Your Holy spirit.
Have mercy on us, O God.We confess to You, O God, all our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy and impatience in our lives;
We confess to You, O God.Our self-indulgent appetites and ways and our wrong dealings with other people;
We confess to You, O God.Our anger at our own frustration and our envy of those more fortunate than ourselves;
We confess to You, O God.Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts and our dishonesty In daily life and work.
We confess to You, O God.Our negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to commend the faith that is in us.
We confess to You, O God .Accept our repentance, O God, for the wrongs we have done: for our neglect of human need and suffering and indifference to injustice and cruelty.
For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward others, and for our prejudice and contempt for those who differ from us;
For our waste and pollution of Your creation and our lack of concern for those who come after us;
Accept our repentance, O God.Restore us, O God, and let Your anger depart from us.
Favorably hear us, O God, for Your mercy is great.
