Sunday, February 28, 2016
Here�s a prayer of confession from the Starters for Sunday website.
Prayer of Confession
Eternal God,
Creator of all that is,
In you we live and move and have our being.
You have placed us on earth
and sustained our being through the produce of the land
and the cleanness of the air we breathe.
You have made us for each
to tend and care for the weak
and ensure a just sharing of the earth�s resources.
But we are part of a proud and hard-hearted people
who hoard what the earth provides
and seem loathe to share the fruits of our labours,
who live for today with little thought for tomorrow
who are afraid to let pain and suffering affect us.
Incarnate God, you know us in our inner being.
In your grace you offer us forgiveness
even before we have the chance to articulate our sorrow.
You embrace us in all our sinfulness
and in doing so give us the chance to start again
to learn from the example you have given us in Jesus,
who chose the way of the Cross
that all might know the depth of your love for all you have made.
Spirit of God
open our hearts and minds
that we may grasp your forgiveness,
and forgiven seek to forgive others
and to live a life of reconciling love
modelled on the example of Jesus Christ
in whose name we make this prayer. Amen
~ from the Church of Scotland�s Starters for Sunday suggestions for Lent 4C, from the Very Rev. Dr. Sheilagh Kesting. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/
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