For not loving You with all our strength, O God; We do not turn to You as the source of our healing. Water may be poured into the font. Confound us by your love, Amen. O God, when we look at you, and then look at ourselves, we realize how tiny we are. Help us to turn to you to find the strength we need. We hold grudges for a long time, and we do not reconciliation with those from whom we are estranged. Forgive us, O God, for being so very human at times, and help us to continue to grow into the people you created us to be, through Christ our Lord. CALL TO CONFESSION Can I use these in my prayer group? Jazz Combo, Jazz Trio, as well as playing in the PC Handbell ensemble and Holy God, we are an imperfect people and we need your love. In this season of short days and long nights, we may find ourselves restless in the evening, too much on our minds and hearts. We pray that you will heal us, that you will heal our world, Forgive our short-sightedness, our self-limitedness, and our stubbornness. Call to Confession. We have spoken impatiently or . Sometimes a choice to forgive opens up a new future for two people. This we pray in the name of Jesus. Sometimes a word of thanks brings warmth to a cold heart. I believe that it will appear online as well as in person. COMMUNAL PRAYER Preaching on Psalm 51 this week and looking for resources. You call us to trust in you completely, there isbut we do not. PRAYER OF CONFESSION In these pandemic times when so many are suffering and dying resurrect within our world the faith and hope and love we need to survive. Forgive us for not stopping, 11. THE CONFESSION MUSICAL will be available to stream on . Amen. How impossible it seems that we could ever hide anything from you, or even try to hide something; but we do. Thank you for sharing them. Alleluia, amen. There are chasms in our lives, deep valleys that separate us In our remarkable moments and our awful ones. That You will change our hearts and minds, Thom Shuman, author of Lectionary Liturgies. Set us free to love and to live. I am exhausted. Find Statements of Peace from Biblical and Confessional Resources for Worship. Easter: In the dark of the early morning. You can select the newsletters you'd like to receive at the link below. Let us offer our confession before God and each other. CALL TO CONFESSION We have forgotten. Our sin comes as no surprise to him. It means that all words and actions revolve around the axis of resurrection. Holy God, we wander off. Thanks be to God! Before a word is on our tongues, God knows it completely. Hello Beth. Forgive us, and make us whole. God, make us agents of healing. Loving and merciful God, you know our hearts and you know our lives. I would like not only to use the prayer, but also to adapt and adopt it for the Sunday I have in mind. And we try to fix it. Also, I see you writing for the PCUSA. I thank God for your ministry and I thank you for being you! Very early in the morning, a mother placed her newborn in a manger. If you wanted to give me credit, thats good too. For not trusting the love that surrounds us; Let us pray together: These things we pray in the name of Jesus, who showed us how this is done. Trusting in God, in Gods grace and mercy, in Gods desire for wholeness and healing, let us make our confession, first in silent prayer. Amen. For not loving You with our whole soul, O God; Forgive our sin, and empower us to be imitators of Christ in love and service. And we were afraid. That the hope we hold will multiply and leaven the world like yeast. Ditto to everything said above. On this day which God has made, we are loved and grace awaits us. Through Christ we pray. CALL TO CONFESSION Id like to ask permission to use some of these confessional prayers as part of our worship service at two small UCC churches in Dale and Redgranite WI. 62. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Luke 23:42, 2023 Presbyterian Mission Agency Privacy Policy | PC(USA) Donor Privacy Policy | GDPR Privacy Policy | Legal Notices. Alleluia! These, however, just might work as our response as the message leads into Confession and then into the moments of silence and then hymn. That distance is sometimes our foolish choices, or our selfish acts, or the hurt we cause another. Amen. Help us to share, to see, to live gratefully. Let us confess our sins that they may be washed away by the mercy of our risen Lord. And a second is like it: This we pray in the name of Jesus, who is with us always. Lewis, by all means use this prayer and feel free to adapt it as fits your setting. Sometimes, O God, we forget people, or we toss them aside the difficult ones, the needy ones, the ones that are hard to spend time with, the ones who confront us. PC(USA). We trust that Gods mercy and grace are intended for us, too. I am searching for prayers for an upcoming prayer vigil with the theme on Confession and Repentance. Prayer of Confession (Luke 24:13-35) . Merciful God, we offer you our lives, full as they are of shadow and light, of kindness and apathy, of hope and despair. Remind us every day that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Praise the Lord! Friends, this Good News is for all the world: Christ was born, lived and died, and rose We have broken the relationship. All is not well, and we hurt in part because we cannot make things better for ourselves, for those we love, or for the world. Westminster Presbyterian Church. Forgive us our lukewarm responses. In this time of silence, and in our prayer together, let us look at our lives. Dear Beth, Event starts on Thursday, 2 March 2023 and happening at St. Paul Albanian Catholic Church, Rochester, MI. In the worship bulletin, I want to give you proper attribution and wonder if something along the lines of After Beth Merrill Neal, Prayer of Confession. Published by her on holdfasttowhatisgood.com. Please let me know your thoughts on the prayer and attribution. With feet of clay, we cannot dance in joy or run to help. Keep on loving us, and helping us, and molding us more and more into the image of Christ, in whose name we pray. Very This we pray in Jesus name and for His sake. However we understand sin, let us offer to God what lies heavily in our hearts this day, first in silent prayer. But really I am not proud ofmy actions. I love your prayers! There are too many horrific stories, and not enough hopeful ones. CD!). And hear our silent prayers. as you have loved us deeply and forgiven us generously. We would rather pursue intellectual arguments than live the gospel. Please feel free to use whatever is useful for you and blessings in your ministry! Please know that we are holding the wider world in our prayers down under. By all means use this. is powerless, death is defeated forever. 72. ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS That we may embrace all with love. Forgive us when we put rules ahead of people, and choose legality over kindness and judgment that lacks mercy. Litany: Come and Listen (Psalm 66) Litany of the Dawn. On January 1, Renner was pulled under his snowplow while attempting to help his adult nephew free his truck from the snow. Come into our hearts, then, and give us strength and courage to be less hurtful and more loving. Through Christ we pray. For not loving our neighbor in the same way; PRAYER OF CONFESSION, BASED ON PSALM 8 Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier: hear our prayer. When we stray, turn us around. Alleluia! I have gloated. 2. 76. So we pray that you will give us courage, O God. We gather at 5:30 p.m. for supper and 6:30 p.m. for worship around the theme of I Love To Tell The Story, welcoming pastors from our ELCA neighbors. We would be different less judging, less selfish, less greedy; more hopeful, more graceful, more trusting. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I write, I think, I sing and dance while I make dinner. Holy God, we carry the burdens of words said we wish we had not said; of acts done in anger or pride that we wish we could undo. 26. WE CELEBRATE OUR EASTER SALVATION The Call to Confession Our Prayer of Confession Almighty God, you have accepted our Lord's sacrifice for our salvation. Forgive those words and deeds and inactions that cause you and others sorrow. If you keep Christ's commandments, We will abide in Christ's love. We pray in his name. Maybe we will find the bones of things long dead so that we may delight in your will Audrey. Come and see, You said, and we looked around My apologies for the late response. Shortly after, they moved to Dalton, Georgia We saw trophies and medals; We run away, and you seek us. We are uncomfortable, or we feel guilty, or we follow brighter, shinier people, or we worry about what will make us look good. For not loving You with all our heart, O God; The healing of our bodies and souls, Easter Pandemic Prayer Jesus died. Hear now our silent prayer. Those who wage peace are mocked. On this day which God has made, which God has given to us, we pause. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Amen. It is hard to see tragedy and suffering. 33. Amen. I have turned away. 35. Our Lord and Savior has risen from the grave! Arts in Practical Theology with an emphasis in liturgy, music, and worship. friends and neighbors. Amen. So may we love you and neighbor, and follow our Christ, in whose name we pray. With clenched hands, we can neither give nor receive. Amen. We are busy cleaning house and wrapping presents. You have celebrated our successes and our growing understanding of your . 84. For apathy, Call to Confession 2 We know ourselves, too; we know the good we have done, and we know how we have fallen short. Truth telling. There is pain and there is sorrow, there are broken relationships and broken hearts. We would know you better, so that the freedom of your mercy would enable us to fly. P: In the Lord we will take our refuge, for God is our strength. Help us to grow even more into Christs likeness, that we will bear his love and truth to the world. Call to Confession Lord, too often we take the easy option. And so we live our lives imperfectly, for we are flawed. Thank you for sharing such thoughtful and beautiful liturgy with the world! A Child's Examination of Conscience . Know that you are forgiven, and be at peace. When we box you in, And God loves us. We are busy with parties, with feasts, with giving. help us amend what we are, Im glad this is helpful to you. In our weakness, we seek your strength. I give you the last word, O God. Turn us around so that we look at the possibility, at hope, at promise, at grace, at healing, at love. We fill our minds with frivolous things, and allow our hearts to stay blank. It is in our confession where we realize our desire for God and our hope for Gods mercy. Welsh TV presenter Alex Jones called herself a "bad mum" on The One Show when she revealed that she brought part of her son's World Book Day Outfit instead of making them was the drum major of his high school's marching band. Let us confess our sins that they may be washed away by the mercy of our risen Lord. He was buried. In this time, we know we are sometimes remarkable and generous, bearing light to the shadows, and we know we are sometimes full of despair and selfishness, hoarding light and goodness for ourselves. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. Alleluia! Amen. By all means, use these prayers, and feel free to adapt them as you need to. Let us hand over all that to the One who offers us not condemnation but joy. The pain that keeps us awake at night, Continued blessings and joy! We know that we sin. We tear each other down. In Christ, God brought us back to our true home, to hope, to love, and to life. Easter Sunday. What a blessing you are! PRAYER OF CONFESSION Holy God, we know that you are as close as breath, and at the same time there is a great distance between You and us. Christ is risen! Of course! We are so scattered, O God: Help us look deep within ourselves for our own fault. Let us go out into the world as people made new by God. Hymn, Psalm, or Spiritual Song | The Peace. Forgive us, help us to repent, and make us whole. The St. Modwen Logistics Jobs and Careers Fair will be held on March 7 between 12pm - 5pm at Unit 5, The Cofton Centre, 150 Groveley Lane, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham, B31 4PT. We bring our humility, our guilt, and our lament. CALL TO CONFESSION Of course! Event starts on Tuesday, 9 May 2023 and happening at Lovedrafts Brewing Co. - Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg, PA. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. Forgive us. Amen. Confession Schedule 30 minutes before each daily Mass Saturday 3:00 PM @ Our Lady of Grace Sunday 4:00 PM @ St. Mary First Saturdays Rosary 10:00 AM, Mass 10:30 AM @ St. Mary Rosary: 30 minutes before the 10am and 4 pm Mass Contact us Sacramental Emergency Line231-260-6625 Office phone number231-722-2803 Website stmarysmuskegon.org And hear us now as in silence we open our heart to you. CALL TO CONFESSION Clergy are . And we saw mountains and oceans and blue skies and sunsets; 18. Hear us now say, Help us to change; turn us around, I have copied and saved this entire blog post for use in my ministry, with your permission. Liturgy Link, 2019. re: Worship, 2019. For not loving you in the same way: Come and see, You said, and we looked around PRAYER OF CONFESSION You know us well, better than we know ourselves. Through Christ, who is our example, we pray. What we see there may be beautiful or ugly. Holy God, hear our prayer: Amen. In Christ we pray. For some, sin is hurting someone else. INVITATION TO CONFESSION with our whole heart and soul Leading the Call to Confession from the Font and Table, Leading the Prayer of Confession from the Font and Table, Leading the Declaration of Forgiveness from the Font. We are set free to go out into the world and be the loving, gracious, hopeful people of God! I will tweak some a bit to fit and use them with our congregation if I may. To bring peace and even joy. In Jesus Christ you are forgiven. CALL TO CONFESSION PRAYER OF CONFESSION When our faith stands at the grave, grieving for a stone that's rolled away, forgive us. CALL TO CONFESSION Let us offer God our prayers in silence. In the days to come, remind us of your love and grace. INVITATION TO CONFESSION We avoid the Christian family. So glad I found your site! Amen. thank you. Please feel free to use whatever is useful, and adapt as necessary. Open our hands and eyes, move our feet, toward grace and hope and trust in You. Confession Easter Sunday (Year C) March 27th, 2016 Call to Confession Even the obstacle of death has been removed between us and God. then, he has found a love of music and has found this gift particularly Because we have faith in him, It's bright as lightening, blinding as the sun reflecting off of snow. Choir Director of Columbia Theological Seminary's choir and also served as BBC The Apprentice viewers baffled as scene cut from show after brutal double firing The Apprentice Turn us around, and give us new eyes to see; eyes to see hope in the clouds, eyes to see life in the blade of grass, to see power in the water and stone. 39. Help us be a people of resurrection not just on this day but all days. In 2010, Stephen moved from Clinton to Atlanta to attend Columbia COMMUNAL PRAYER Prayer of Confession (John 3) All: Gracious God, we come before you in need of forgiveness and grace. And we confess that our busyness may be misplaced, that we spend more time preparing for things than preparing for You. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Life is full full of good things and full of hard things. Sisters and Brothers in Christ, hear the good news of the Gospel: the tomb is empty! For the season of Advent Confessing is like walking into a dark cave, seeing nothing, hearing nothing 7. us proclaim the Good News: When we lose all hope, show us the empty tomb. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Thank you for these prayers of confession. Call to Worship (Psalm 30:10-12) Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me! May I incorporate some of the confessions in worship. God of tender mercies, we admit that sometimes we dont know what to do with ourselves. We confess that we live more like ourselves and less like Christ. Forgive us when we follow those paths that do not lead to life, Thanks be to God! Out of the depths God cries to us, asking us to repent, to return to God with our whole hearts, to admit our sin, and to accept forgiveness. Blessings to you, too! In admitting the truth of our loves to our loving Creator, we open ourselves to the experience of grace and healing. I am so thankful for your writing, Beth, and have found your liturgies to be very meaningful in worship. Alleluia! In Christ we pray. Amen. I will use the prayer of confession during a service giving you full credit. David, how wonderful! A spoken or sung version of the Decalogue (Ten Commandments), or another exhortation to faithfulness (Col. 3:12-14, e.g.) You have taken away our funeral clothes and re-clothed us in joy, so that our whole beingbody, mind and soul might sing praise to you and not be silent. We care for ourselves but not for others. Thanks in Jesus! Amen. but find it difficult to share this good news with our *ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS and that again and again you call us back to You, Sisters and brothers in Christ, let us proclaim the Good News: Parish Associate, Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian (Baltimore) Holy God, at times we have delusions of grandeur, a community creating for the relentless return of Sunday, April 2, 2012 By liturgylink Leave a Comment. Amen. 4. Amen. Everyone makes mistakes; that is why we confess our sin together. SILENT CONFESSION PRAYER OF CONFESSION Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart, for indeed we are forgiven. Amen. The proof of Gods amazing love is this: Elizabeth, Matron Saint of the Favorite Aunties, Magdalene, Matron Saint of Women Who Are Not Believed, Rahab, Matron Saint of the Incredibly Brave, Tamar, Matron Saint of Victims and Survivors, EChurch@Wartburg 9.11.16 | The Wartburg Watch 2016, EChurch@Wartburg 8.3.19 Wade Burleson: All That you Will Say I Will Do | The Wartburg Watch 2019, Why Churches Should Continue Their Online Services. O LORD, be my helper! The bakery chain will not be selling its popular hot cross buns this Easter. Let us enter into silence. And we know that we do not do your will. I was searching online for some good alternative Confessions when I came across your site. Amen. I am preaching on the story of the bent-over woman.. 53. Our lives are often marked by merriment, but beneath that looms the Other: our worry; our sorrow; our shame, our guilt, our grief. Fix me, heal me, break-and-remake-me, hold me, comfort me, nurture me, revive me, resuscitate me, bring me back from death. Heal us, heal all, and make us whole. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. As we begin the season of Lent, we are invited by God to examine our own spirits, to see what is growing, to see what needs pruning, to see what needs encouragement. ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS a mother placed her newborn in a manger. We ask that some of your greatness infuse our smallness. We are not right with you or with each other. in thought, word, and deed, In this world where there is much hurt, hurt that we sometimes cause, By your power you have raised him from the dead, you have clothed him again with flesh so that his disciples might recognize him. Call to Confession adapted from Romans 8:26-27 When we don't know how or what to pray, the Spirit knows. 42. You are forgiven. Find Confession and Pardon Sequences from Biblical and Confessional Resources for Worship. Restore us, renew us, and give us the strength, courage, and love we need to be your gracious people. Give us strength to do our part. family that taught Stephen that he was first and foremost a beloved child Please feel free to use whatever is useful. With our heads bowed and our hearts held high, let us bring to God all that is in our hearts, the whole of our lives. If death no longer stands in our way, we can be sure that our sin does not either. The Roman Catholic Church's rite of confession must remain confidential, even if someone tells a priest that a child has been abused, the bishop who leads Vermont's diocese testified Friday. Your children live in abject poverty, while others bask in palaces of gold. When we are harsh, gentle our spirit. *UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION So darkness calms us and gives us rest. 21. To come before God with the truth of our lives is itself an act of faith: we trust that the Holy One is interested in us, interested in our minds and hearts and souls. CALL TO CONFESSION Forgive us for the ways in which we turn from you. We know when we have acted against your rule of love. So let's come boldly to the throne of grace, where we can find mercy and grace to help when we need it most. Thanks be to God! 27.PRAYER OF CONFESSION In this time when there is much sorrow and grief, February 19, 2023 Worship Resources for the Center for Faith and Giving Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 99 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration Sunday (last Sunday before Lent) Call to Worship (inspired by Ps 99) Leader: Come! In our full lives, it is often hard to find even a few moments of quiet, but when we do, they are often an invitation to look inward, to the heart and soul. 54. Holy God, we admit to You that all is not right in our hearts and in our world, Let us pray, first in silence. Blessings to you and the good people of 2nd Pres! This we pray in Jesus strong name. Powered by Squarespace. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Renee C. Jackson, Minister for Ministerial Formation, . 48. They are beautifully written. Because Jesus lived and died and rose again for us, we know that nothing can ever separate us from Gods love. This Easter, accept our humble hosannas, which are linked new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en'}, 'google_translate_element'); L: We need not fear. O God, hear our prayer. And we saw luxury and opulence; we had the chance. Thank you, God, for hope when hope was lost and for life when death had won. By your Spirit, teach us to live truly as beings little lower than angels. Help us to see you as our center, and to cling to the good that you create in the world. Thanks so much. Holy God, all is not right. Awesome material. We are easily distracted by the next important thing; Why must we continue in fear? Youre welcome! (Easter Monday) with music + lavender field bg +++++ Thank you again for your support, God Bless! Amen. Hi, Justin Im glad you find the prayers useful! Most High God, hear our prayer. Amen. But we arent. P: On this very first day, and every day, we walk In all of this, forgive the wrong that we have done, and the bless the good we have accomplished. Those who speak out are silenced, Forgive us. And this event far overshadowed the sin and death Adam brought into the world. *ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS Thank you for sharing your gift with us. Copyright 2022 Stephen M. Fearing. Trusting Gods love for us, let us make our confession, first in silent prayer. This is our prayer, offered in the name of Christ. Stephen graduated from Columbia with a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Thanks for sharing your gift of word and your heart with us. We look to the darkness and not to the light. To confess to God is to await to await that word of grace, of forgiveness, of hope. We bury ourselves in work. Bear the burdens we feel and create. We have failed. In 1995, his sister, Sarah Kate, joined The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Fill us with a longing to know you better. O God, our God, Creator of the stars of night, Amen. And we saw the comforts of our own home; Help us, we pray. Amen. And we paused. Alleluia. From one another and from You. Call to Confession: Please pray with me as we confess our faults and failings to God. For God already knows what lies in our hearts. We ask for your forgiveness for the harm we have caused. We allow the Savior to die. We cast the first stone, and keep the logs in our own eyes. At times we feel so frail and fragile, getting blown about by the latest crisis, by bad news, by our own short tempers and failings. We come to praise and worship the Creating One, the Loving One, the Almighty of Now and To-Come! In our pain, we seek your peace. We saw our hearts, broken by the weight of the world; 6. Help us to think deeply, and respond generously, We have hoarded. Pingback: EChurch@Wartburg 8.3.19 Wade Burleson: All That you Will Say I Will Do | The Wartburg Watch 2019, Hi Beth, like others, I would love to use one of your prayers of confession with my congregation in worship. Let us surrender all that to the One who loves us beyond measure, the One who heals us, the One who makes us whole. the amazement we bring this morning . I have been inspired by your prayers. The source that is evil, We lay that burden down at the feet of the One who calls all of us to a life of forgiveness and repentance. *COMMUNAL PRAYER We bring our confession to this God, trusting that the fullness of the divine will hear our plea and grant us mercy that makes us whole again. And we make it worse. But we are not so small that our actions are inconsequential. ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS Hie Bath, Will be using your confession this Sunday. The prejudice that blinds us, 44. Holy God, you know us better than we know ourselves, and you see us more clearly. 63. Point of Contact - Where Life and Worship Intersect, Julie Gvillo, Call to Worship is published on Tuesday mornings. On the third day he rose. that we would set aside our distractions Lord Christ, any one, nor have we offered healing to the broken. This is referred to as the Easter duty. Even the obstacle of death has been removed between us and God. COMMUNAL PRAYER Amen. 77. Soften them with your love. UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION And we cause it sometimes. But now we are indeed found, and not simply found, but rejoiced over, and cherished, and beloved. 80. Beth, thank your for these very meaningful and beautiful prayers. For First Sunday in Lent: I would like to use some in an upcoming service. We cling when we could give. And we gave it all to You. This is wonderful.Please, I am a Seminary teacher and would like to share with my Seminary students who are taking a course in Praising God Work & Worship. The apostle Paul once wrote, I do not do the good I want. That is the beginning of confession, for Paul and for all of us. ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS . Help us commit to the need that is before us right now. In 2006, Stephen Friends, this is the Good News: PRAYER OF CONFESSION Merciful God: we claim that you sent Jesus to us to take away the sin of the world, and to say that is to say that we are part of that sin. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Our lives are not our own, we know Violence becomes commonplace, Confession: O God, our source and judge and Destiny. As Christ calls us. Dear Child of God, in our world it is often hard to remember that God loves you just as you are. Amen. Maybe its easier to understand sin as separation: separation from God, separation from others, separation from our true selves. We saw daisies and peonies and daphne; And in humility and hope, we ask for your help to do better, to reconcile, to heal, to soothe, to build up. This we pray in Jesus name. Encourage our hearts, and help us to be your people, to the best of our ability in these strange days. Let us now pray to God about those things. In this moment as my mind wanders: That lead instead to violence, or hate, or fear, We thank you for day and night, for darkness and light, for the strife and the joy, and for making us whole. An avid member of the marching band, Stephen And our families are rent apart. Remind us that our hearts and souls have work to do, too. Gracious and loving God, open our hearts so that we are able to admit to you the fullness of our lives that which is beautiful and good, and that which is hurtful and hateful. We would be saintlike holy, good, patient, loving. . Forgive us when we forget that darkness and light go hand-in-hand; People: By this we know love, that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, and lived and died, that God's love might be made plain among us. 55. *ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS Let us confess our sin before God, who sent God's only Son to save us, and seek God's mercy. Walk with us in this holy season, and help us That the suffering of another is our suffering, Forgive our sins, and restore us to wholeness, we pray. in Belleville, IL a few times (and cited you as the author)! *UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION And we accepted your grace. The writer James asks, Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? PRAYER OF CONFESSION Sometimes we are terribly sorry, and sometimes we are terribly smug. Amen. You know the sins we carry, secretly or openly, the way they crush us, the weight of them. SILENT PRAYER For this reason, we come to God with pure hearts as we raise our anthem of confession. For being less than what you created us to be: Dear God, sometimes I mess up. Have mercy on us for the wrong we have done. That would be a great blessing to people. Sisters, brothers: hear this good news and see the grace of God: and stressed, give us the energy to serve your creation; Opening Litany: Psalm 23. Amen. Still, we engage in confession, admitting to God all that rests uneasily in our hearts. included in that love. And in silence, let us offer God the whole of our hearts.