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Litany
of Confession
Leader: Almighty God, Spirit of purity and grace
whose dwelling is with the humble and contrite heart,
hear your children's confession of sin and grant us mercy.
For all that has been evil in our lives;
for unholy thoughts and impure motives,
for any scorn of goodness, trifling with truth,
and indifference to beauty,
for being petty when we could have been gracious,
People: forgive us, O God.
Leader: For lack of love toward you,
whose love has never failed;
for doubt in your providence,
for acts of ingratitude,
and for disobedience to visions we have been able to see,
People: forgive us, O God.
Leader: For the ong we have done our neighbors;
for silence in the face of war,
for neglect of charity and failure in justice,
for forgetfulness of other's pain,
and for advantage taken of another's weakness,
People: forgive us, O God.
Leader: For our faulty following of the Master;
our slow faith in his power to save,
our timid, hesitant answers to his call of service,
our insensibility to the meaning of the cross;
for all that mars our discipleship
and makes it difficult for others to believe in him,
People: forgive us, O God.
Leader: May God, who is almighty and merciful
forgive our sins,
empower us to overcome temptation,
and enable us to love as Jesus loved.
People: AMEN
Hymnal #691
Adapted from a litany of repentance,
by Edward K. Ziegler, The Adventurous Future,
ed. Paul H. Bowman, © 1959 Brethren Press.
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