Almighty Father, merciful and true,
Through Jesus Christ your Son
we come to you,
To confess that we have sinned
against your love,
In thought and word and deed,
and all we have not done.
Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy on us!

We have not loved our God above all else,
Nor have we loved
our neighbors as ourselves,
So in penitence
we bow before the throne
Of the Holy One to whom
our hearts are fully known.
Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy on us!
Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy on us!

Your blood alone, O Lamb of God,
can cleanse us;
Its power from the evilone defends us.
Lord, forgive our sins
and wipe away our shame!
And give us grace, we pray,
to glorify your name!
Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy on us!
Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy on us!