Reading of the Law
of God
You shall not bear
false witness against your neighbor. Exodus 20.16
Confession of Sin
Our Father, we
confess to You that we have broken Your Law. We have ‘shaded the truth’ to
avoid embarrassment. We have gossiped. We have spoken rashly against others. We
have failed to defend our neighbors’ good names when others have slandered
them. In these and other ways we have disobeyed this commandment. We come again
to ask forgiveness of our hateful sins. We do this through Jesus, the only one
who can provide forgiveness. Amen.
Declaration of
Pardon
For while we were
still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will
scarcely die for a righteous person--though perhaps for a good person one would
dare even to die-- but God shows his love for us in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5.6-8
May the Father of
all mercies cleanse us from our sins, and restore us in his image to the praise
and glory of his name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Book of Common
Prayer
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