Prayer of Confession, Transfiguration Sunday, Year A

Call to Confession 

We have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. (1 John 4:14) 
Let us confess our sin and seek God's mercy:

Prayer of Confession 

Majestic Glory,
we come to you,
humbled by our humanity,
in awe of your majesty,
and we seek your 
forgiveness.
In our failure to understand
the mysteries of your divinity,
we try to explain
what is too wondrous for our words.
We cling to our own readings and assumptions
forgetting that your word is living and deep,
and we force our limited explanations
on others
in judgment and derision,
thus contorting your Word
to fit our own design.
Send your Morning Star to rise in our hearts,
O God. 
Open our eyes to the lamp 
that is shining in the darkness,
that we might see more clearly
the Love that lived among us in the personhood
of Christ
and be transformed by his presence
still among us today
in the light that shines through those
who trust you with their very lives.

Assurance of God's Grace

God did not send God's Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:17) Hear the Good News: in the name of 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.