Most holy and merciful Father:
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We confess to you and to one another,
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and to the whole communion of saints
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in heaven and on earth,
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that we have sinned by our own fault
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in thought, word, and deed;
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by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.\n<\/p>\n
The Celebrant continues<\/i><\/font>\n<\/p>\n We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and strength. We have not loved our We have been deaf to your call to serve, as Christ served us. We have not been true to the We confess to you, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of Our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation of other people, Our anger at our own frustration, and our envy of those more fortunate than ourselves, Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts, and our dishonesty in daily life and Our negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to commend the faith that is in us, Accept our repentance, Lord, for the wrongs we have done: for our blindness to human need For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward our neighbors, and for our prejudice For our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of concern for those who come Restore us, good Lord, and let your anger depart from us; Accomplish in us the work of your salvation, By the cross and passion of your Son our Lord, Most holy and merciful Father: 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. The Celebrant continues We have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lent"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nneighbors as ourselves. We have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven.
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Have mercy on us, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\nmind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit.
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Have mercy on us, Lord.<\/i>
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\nour lives,
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We confess to you, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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We confess to you, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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We confess to you, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\nwork,
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We confess to you, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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We confess to you, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\nand suffering, and our indifference to injustice and cruelty,
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Accept our repentance, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\nand contempt toward those who differ from us,
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Accept our repentance, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\nafter us,
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Accept our repentance, Lord.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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Favorably hear us, for your mercy is great.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
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That we may show forth your glory in the world.<\/i>
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Bring us with all your saints to the joy of his resurrection.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"