Reading of
the Law of God
Put on then, as God's
chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility,
meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint
against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you
also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything
together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3.12-14
Confession
of Sin
Our Father, we hear Your Law and what it calls us to be: compassionate,
kind, humble, meek, patient, forbearing, forgiving, loving. We stand condemned
for all the times we have chosen not to be what You call us to be. As we
remember these sins of ours, we are ashamed. You deserve better. Only because
of the multitude of Your promises, we are bold to ask again for forgiveness. Forgive
and change us so that we might walk as Jesus walked. Amen.
Declaration
of Pardon
My little
children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if
anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also
for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2.1-2
May the
Father forgive us by the death of his Son and strengthen us to live in the
power of the Spirit all our days.
Book of Common Prayer