NIGHT PRAYER: Tueday 3/14

In my homily on Sunday I said, "The Lord sees all my sins - long before I’m tempted to commit them - and he sees all the ways I try to convince myself that I don’t really sin -- even when I know I have..."  Tonight's prayer is intended to help us look at our lives and see the sins we sometimes miss - or simply deny...

Oh, God…

I confess my pride in thinking
that others are sinners
but that I am not...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my imperfections,
my faults, my failings,
my bad habits and my wrongdoing...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to being a jerk
while driving - and lots of other times, too...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to eating too much
drinking too much,
spending too much
and wasting too much...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to giving too little
when I have so much more than I need...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to putting so many things in my life
ahead of you...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to not being faithful to prayer and worship,
especially on the Lord’s Day...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to losing my temper with children,
with other adults - and with myself...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my selfish need
to be noticed and admired...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to being smug and self-righteous...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to being brusque, rude

and ungracious toward others... 

Lord, have mercy!

I confess to being careless
and failing to be responsible...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess not forgiving others
as I'd want to them to forgive me...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to enjoying comfort and plenty
- as if I'm entitled to them...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to lustful glances, unclean thoughts
and impure deeds...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to being unfaithful to promises I've made...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess the grudges and resentments
I hold and carry against my neighbor...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my envy, pride and jealousy...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess to language and humor
that are rude and vulgar...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my impatience and insensitivity...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my dishonesty, my unfairness,

my cheating, my duplicity, my half-truths

and my failures to act justly...

Lord, have mercy!

I confess my prejudice and quick judgments...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my insincerity and hypocrisy...
Lord, have mercy!

And I confess whatever I didn't find on this list
but I know is in my heart....
Lord, have mercy!

I confess my sins, both large and small,
for each transgresses your great love for me...
Lord, have mercy!

I confess that I'm a sinner, Lord,
in need of your mercy,
in need of the gift of your suffering
on the Cross...

I confess my need for you

and for your mercy

- always - and especially

in these holy days of Lent...

Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen.  

 

Remember Your Love  by Darryl Ducote

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Remember your love and your faithfulness, O Lord,

remember your people and have mercy on us, Lord

 

The Lord is my light and my salvation

whom should I fear;

the Lord is my life and my refuge

when I call he hears

 

Remember your love and your faithfulness, O Lord

remember your people and have mercy on us, Lord

 

If you dwelt, O Lord, upon our sinfulness

then who could stand

but with you there is mercy and forgiveness

and a guiding hand 

 

Remember your love and your faithfulness, O Lord

remember your people and have mercy on us, Lord

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