Prayer of Confession, P+12B

Call to Confession

... no one living is righteous before (God). (Psalm 143:2) Let us confess our unrighteousness and seek God's mercy:

Prayer of Confession

Lord, in your mercy,
forgive our attitudes.
We are an ungrateful people,
a people who has forgotten --
or chosen not to remember --
that we were once an oppressed people
whom you set free,
that we were once strangers in foreign lands
whom you comforted and protected,
that we were once the hungry
whom you fed with manna.
We have forgotten --
or chosen not to remember --
that in our sin, 
you redeemed us,
that in our anger and bitterness,
you loved us unconditionally.
Restore us to right relationship with you,
we pray,
and to right relationship with your people
everywhere.
Help us to reach out of the grace
which abounds for us
to create justice,
to welcome the immigrant,
to feed the poor,
to forgive our neighbor,
and to love without limits
according to the example you have set for us
in Christ.

Assurance of God's Grace

(God) has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of (God's) beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14) Hear the Good News: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! Thanks be to God!

Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another.
The peace of Christ be with you.
Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this week.