For Sunday

Reading of the Law of God

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6.19-21

Confession of Sin

Our Father, Your Law exposes our hearts. So much of what we treasure is tied to this world. This is short-sighted since all this will pass away. But it is worse than that. It is evil since You are to be our chief treasure. Forgive us for insulting You in this way. Change our hearts so that we may value You most. We ask this through Jesus, our Redeemer. Amen.

Declaration of Pardon

If you, O Yahweh, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. Psalm 130.3-4

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