Order For Confession And Forgiveness
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen,
Leader: God speaks to us, “I am the Lord, your God, you shall have no other gods before me.”
All: Lord, have mercy.

Silence for self-examination and confession

Leader: Most holy God,
All: you call us to a life of holiness. We confess to you our theft of your good gifts of the land, our hoarding, which leaves little for our neighbors, our slander of others, our hatred of those whom we have named as enemies, and the bitterness of our hearts that comes from such sin. We pr…