Dear Beth, Trusting in the mercy and love of our God, let us pray, first in silence. Confessing is like walking into a dark cave, seeing nothing, hearing nothing – We know that You love us, that you do not abandon us, Alleluia! We ask for your help and your power to change. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Help us to turn to you to find the strength we need. New every morning is God’s love for us, and so new each day is our opportunity to clean the slate, to make our confession, and to be assured of God’s forgiveness and love. So may we love you and neighbor, and follow our Christ, in whose name we pray. Help me to prepare my heart as I partake of the bread and wine, which are the two beautiful symbols of Christ body broken for me, and His precious blood shed for me. back to your light. Our neglect of the vulnerable; our misuse of your gifts; our hoarding of things we are called to share. For not loving You with all our strength, O God; Shall I site your writings at in apportion of our bulletin? INVITATION TO CONFESSION Amen. Help us, we pray, that we will SILENT CONFESSION I preach in a range of denominations and find the ‘official’ prayers offered in each church rather restrictive – and it is the one area that is ‘easy’ for congregations to switch off. Enlarge our hearts, souls, and minds so that we let go of the need to define You so that we can embrace the joy of letting You be the One who loves. Forgive us for that. Let us come before God with the truth of our lives. May our confession be not a recitation of all we have done wrong, but a public acknowledgement of what is broken in our lives. For First Sunday in Lent: We confess to the One we call God, our Creator, our Redeemer, For being so proud, so smart, so able Enable us to let go of that which does not matter, and to see what does matter. We ask that we will not be captive to the wrong we do, but changed by the mercy you grant. But it is not only unclean lips we possess. Amen. And we know that the blank slate of a new year is also an illusion; I gave you a whisper that I might not be accused. Amen. The source that is evil, God’s peace to you. I give you the last word, O God. Hope that you will not hold our sin against us, You have permission! Prayer of adoration and confession. Lord of Christmas Peace, we have done wrong. We trust that in the jumble of all of this, you are present. *PRAYER OF CONFESSION Restore us, renew us, and give us the strength, courage, and love we need to be your gracious people. Hear our prayers, O God, and make our hearts new. Everyone was encouraged to have both their worship folder and their hymnal ready, so the prayers could follow without interruption The prayers of confession were followed immediately by the intercessory prayers of the people. Hope that you will always love us, Help us to see you as our center, and to cling to the good that you create in the world. Amen. In this season of Advent, we are reminded of God’s love for us, shown in the impossible act of God becoming incarnate, taking on human flesh, to reach us in love and save us from our worst abilities. Turn us around to you; heal us, and make us whole, we pray. A prayer to St. Sebastian: Saint Sebastian, guard and defend us, morning and evening, every minute of every hour, and diminish the strength of that vile illness which is threatening us. Parish Associate, Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian (Baltimore) We confess the wrong we have done and the hurt we have caused. and only with those who make it easy to do so. So know that you are indeed forgiven, and be at peace. Forgive us for our human impulses, and change us: Hope that you will turn us around from what is evil, . Prayers of confession may be framed as ‘the prayers of who we are’ (Dorothy McRae-McMahon) rather than the liturgist listing all the ‘failures’ that people might ‘confess’.Allow people to have silence, in which they may know themselves as beloved and have the courage to face who they are and to see themselves as God sees them. Thanks for your kindness in allowing us to use these resources. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Holy God, we know that you are as close as breath, and at the same time there is a great distance between You and us. We have tarnished the gift you gave freely. Ditto to everything said above. When are blind to the good, Will it be ‘grace’? O God who loves us, hear our prayer. Hi Beth, I’m writing from Australia and have just found your website. Let us offer our confession before God and each other. Sometimes shame clenches tightly around our hearts, and we hide our true feelings. We are people with unclean hands and unclean hearts. (images link to posts) Alphabetical archive of all ‘Words of Confession’ resources . Of course! Alleluia! We prefer to think about you instead of getting to know you. O God, when we look at you, and then look at ourselves, we realize how tiny we are. INVITATION TO CONFESSION And blessings in your ministry. Gracious God, our Wonderful Counselor, the Almighty God, Pain that wakes us in the night, to speak out against injustice. Trusting in God’s grace and mercy, let us admit the truth of our lives, first in silent prayer. Holy Trinity, splendor and majesty are yours. Thanks so much. We judge when we could seek understanding. A Collection of 10 Ancient and Modern Prayers for Lent. We have buried you so deeply in our hearts, the world doesn't see you. Your prayers are wonderful and heart felt, and thank you so much for being so generous and inviting in encouraging us to use them. Amen. On this new day, let us come to God in prayer. We are easily distracted by the next important thing; Share on Facebook. I’m glad they are of use! Keep on loving us, and helping us, and molding us more and more into the image of Christ, in whose name we pray. Let us offer up our hopes yet unmet: A lament is a prayer searching for understanding and peace in the midst of suffering or disheartening circumstances. Amen. Forgive us for the ways in which we turn from you. In Christ we pray. New every morning is God’s love for us, and so we are bold to proclaim the Good News: I really love the new prayer of confession at the top of this page! Beth, I am pastor of a Covenant Church. Although it is not mandatory, the Catholic rite is traditionally conducted within a confessional box or booth. Encircled by Prayer 2. To whom do we confess? “Come and see,” You said, and we closed our eyes – I have turned away. We do thing we know will hurt others and act as though we are blameless. Thanks be to God for this gift! Forgive us. The traditional Catholic Confession begins with the Penitent kneeling down behind a screen and making a sign of the cross and then saying: "Bless me father for I have sinned. For we do not live as we ought. COMMUNAL PRAYER thank you. Aware of our shortcomings and confident of God’s grace, let us make our confession, first in silent prayer. Amen. A prayer of confession is a way for us to acknowledge and repent from our sins. Prayers of confession and repentance. Will it be ‘free’? You are more beloved than you can ever know, and God is working in you and in the world beyond our wildest imagining. INVITATION TO CONFESSION AND COMMUNAL PRAYER Fix me, heal me, break-and-remake-me, hold me, comfort me, nurture me, revive me, resuscitate me, bring me back from death. The Old Testament psalmists and prophets wove many such prayers of lament into their writings. Amen. Blessings to you, too! Shall I site your writings at in a portion of our bulletin? A confession of sin, whether said together or shared in a responsive form, should allow those present to acknowledge the seriousness of their sin and express genuine repentance. Amen. Thanks be to God! One tiny correction – my last name is spelled Neel. As we begin the season of Lent, we are invited by God to examine our own spirits, to see what is growing, to see what needs pruning, to see what needs encouragement. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Through Christ we pray. Sometimes, O God, we forget people, or we toss them aside – the difficult ones, the needy ones, the ones that are hard to spend time with, the ones who confront us. When we lose all hope, show us the empty tomb. We do not add beauty to the world. This page is a very helpful resource. In Christ’s name we pray. I was going to use The Dark Guest but thought it was a bit heavy to follow-on from the corporate confession. We fill our minds with frivolous things, and allow our hearts to stay blank. We confess to you our pain: Heal our sin, we pray. We also know that you love us, and forgive us, and call us to forgive others. Forgive us, and show us Your kindness, that we might do the same. Amen. We have tarnished the gift you gave freely. And we saw our own minds, so smart yet timid; When we stray, turn us around. Hear us, forgive us, reshape us, and love us, we pray. Invite us to dance with you. that we would set aside our distractions Recreated in your image, Evening Prayer from All Saints’ Day until the Friday before the First Sunday of Advent. Amen. Dear God, sometimes I try hard to be kind and thoughtful. Help us to look to the example of Jesus to see how to love. You are the God who hears: hear our prayer today for all who lament or repent. But it is not only unclean lips we possess. I am exhausted. My husband is an Indiana State grad, so say hi to Terra Haute for us! *ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS So we thank you, and ask for your forgiveness, and pray that you will stay with us throughout the journey. We have disregarded your words, Trusting in that mercy and that grace, let us make our confession, before God and each other, first in silent prayer. Maybe we will find the living wings of a bat, I’m glad they help. Amen. Shower us with grace so that we will be made new, to speak out against injustice. Will it be ‘love’? Forgive us when we look at screens rather than sunsets; forgive us when we read about a crisis and do not respond. A Collection of 10 Ancient and Modern Prayers for Lent. Offering grace to the imperfect; forgiving those who have hurt us; seeing the good that surrounds us. Alleluia! All these things we say in the strong name of Jesus. Let us pray, first in silence. Forgive us our part in the pain of the world. Sometimes a choice to forgive opens up a new future for two people. In the days that have been, O God, we have walked along crooked paths strewn with our selfishness and greed, our prejudice, and our apathy. I would like not only to use the prayer, but also to adapt and adopt it for the Sunday I have in mind. Sure, Dan, that’s fine. Alleluia! Holy God, we know that you created us in love, to enjoy this world and You, to serve your creation and your children. All fall short of the glory of God. In the days to come, remind us of your love and grace. Come into our hearts, then, and give us strength and courage to be less hurtful and more loving. Those who speak out are silenced, And we saw a hand reaching out in forgiveness; May I copy and use some of them for our vigil? And we ignore it. Forgive us for the wrong we know we have done: Let us come before God with the whole of our lives, the good, the bad, and the holy. Holy God, all is not right. Know that you are forgiven and thus freed to love and serve. Through Christ we pray. shalom, Hi Beth, It is hard to trust and it is even harder to forgive. We cling when we could give. There are too many horrific stories, and not enough hopeful ones. And we gave it all to You. Forgive us when we forget that darkness and light go hand-in-hand; We want to be able to open the Bible and place our fingers on the passages that will answer all our questions and heal all our hurts. View all posts by Derek Hughes. By all means use this. We come before God in silence and in prayer, to open our hearts to our Creator, the one who heals, loves, and forgives. For the reconciliation of the world, whose division condemns us; Give us courage to name what is wrong when we see it. Grace and peace to you in your ministry! Stay with, and when we lose our way, turn us around to You. Alleluia! My friends, God is not done with us, not by a long shot. In this time of silence, and in our prayer together, let us look at our lives. Hear our cry, Almighty God. And that means that God forgives, again and again. In the season of Lent, as we prepare to receive the Easter gift of resurrection, we are invited on a journey. So we ask for your help. or the thousand feet of some worm thing. And in our attempts at understanding, whittle away all mystery. Dear Child of God, in our world it is often hard to remember that God loves you just as you are. Blessings on your ministry. Mike, Your work is spirit led and inspired! The following is not so much a prayer of confession, but excerpted from an essay on the nature of confession. Amen. God loves you, period. Holy and wonderful God, hear our prayer. Alleluia. Make us more loving and courageous and hopeful.” In the midst of separation, God longs for reconciliation, walking toward us, and inviting us to walk toward our God. That we forget how to be humble, how to learn, and how to seek help; I have ignored. His path is one of forgiveness and renewal. That distance is sometimes our foolish choices, or our selfish acts, or the hurt we cause another. Not even the restoration of the whole world. Amen. Forgive us, O God, for being so very human at times, and help us to continue to grow into the people you created us to be, through Christ our Lord. Prayer of Confession Here’s is a unison prayer of confession, written by Gill Le Fevre for use on the first Sunday of Lent, Year C (though it is broad enough to be used at any time). By Elizabeth Rhyno - March 13, 2017. We follow and we falter; we try and we give up. Absolutely! Forgive us when we follow those paths that do not lead to life, Amen. You are most welcome. Wow! Mend us, we pray, and make us new creations * PRAYER OF CONFESSION Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Phone (713) 782-1710. When, Lord, did we see you? A Collection of 10 Ancient and Modern Prayers for Lent. I have hoarded. May I incorporate some of the confessions in worship. I am recently retired and currently involved in Pulpit Supply, especially among the Native American churches of Arizona. And we paused. Life that began at the creation of all things. We are complicit, and we are guilty, and we are broken. We have broken the relationship. *INVITATION TO CONFESSION AND COMMUNAL PRAYER We speak when we could listen. Sisters and brothers in Christ, the mercies of God are from everlasting to everlasting. CALL TO CONFESSION In our remarkable moments and our awful ones. I gave you a whisper that I might not be accused. for the work was hard. Let us pray together: Blessings to you in your ministry. At the same time, it should indicate that the character of God and the saving work of the Lord Jesus are the basis for seeking forgiveness and the grace to change. From one another and from You. Sisters and brothers in Christ, let us proclaim the Good News: Thanks much, Gretchen Wilson. Sometimes we are terribly sorry, and sometimes we are terribly smug. Turn us around from that which destroys toward that which heals and brings joy. Amen. Amen. Lord, have mercy. Please feel free to share with your students. Amen. As we worship you in this place, As we light these candles in hope, peace, and joy. So glad I found your site! We make foolish choices, and you teach us the better way. O Holy God, we know we have fallen short. Walk with us in this holy season, and help us CALL TO CONFESSION That You will show us again how to love others the way You love us, And give us faith to follow you. I’m glad to have you on the journey. For not enacting the justice you call us to; We hurt you and others, and instead of hurting us back, you forgive us. Through Christ we pray. Set us free from sin and fear. Inspirational prayers for Churches and individuals, calls to worship, blessings, ourselves, healing, discipleship, adoration, confession, times of disaster and the world And explain you away, Help us to grow even more into Christ’s likeness, that we will bear his love and truth to the world. So let us pray with one another, first in silence. We’re caught between the selfishness of wanting to do whatever we want without regard for others, and wanting to be helpful and generous. This we pray in the name of Jesus, our leader, our guide, our Savior. Modern society has lost a sense of sin. PRAYER OF CONFESSION With hope for God’s mercy, and trust in God’s love, let us admit the truth of our lives, first in silent prayer. 11612 Memorial Drive Houston, TX 77024. Holy God, we come before You in humility, You call us to hold fast to what is good, but so often we flounder, unable to find that solid thing that will center us again. We ask for your help. us proclaim the Good News: *PRAYER OF CONFESSION For meanness, Set us free to love and to live. We have closed our eyes to your presence, Forgiving another, offering mercy, choosing compassion. Trusting in God’s grace and love, let us make our confession, first in silent prayer. And the pain of systems unyielding and untouchable. that we might love more fully and more wondrously, That we forget we are not always right, or in control, or good; Turn us around, and give us new eyes to see; eyes to see hope in the clouds, eyes to see life in the blade of grass, to see power in the water and stone. We saw our hearts, broken by the weight of the world; I will borrow and adapt from your gift – if they inspire me, they will inspire others. Thanks in Jesus! Blessings to you and the good people of 2nd Pres! Each week as a community we set aside time to admit our sin. Remind us every day that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Holy God, hear our prayer. *PRAYER OF CONFESSION Holy God, you know us better than we know ourselves, and you see us more clearly. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. as you have loved us deeply and forgiven us generously. Please know that we are holding the wider world in our prayers ‘down under’. Help us to discern what does matter to you and to the vulnerable you call us to. 0. The pain of stranger across the world whose lives we cannot touch, On this day which God has made, we are loved and grace awaits us. The prayers followed the sermon and prayer of application. That’s totally ok – I’m glad this is helpful! Amen. Let us offer up the wrongs we have done: Maybe we will find the bones of things long dead All is not well, and we find it easy to succumb to despair. More Confession Prayers (9) The Sacrament of Penance is the method of the Church by which individual men and women may confess sins committed after baptism and have them absolved by a priest. Amen. following You, O Lamb, not into death but into life. We saw our souls, yearning for You yet still incomplete; We saw fear and injustice; If the prayer is not printed in the bulletin, you may construct the prayer in your own words. Lost and afraid, we become stubborn and intractable. SILENT PRAYER. We should make a habit of confessing our sins to God. We offer the confession of who we are, awaiting God’s mercy and love. The traditional confessional prayer, the Vidui, is composed of two parts, the Ashamnu and the Al Chet, that we read aloud on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.The Ashamnu (translated as “we have trespassed” or “we are guilty”) is an abbreviated confession, an alphabetic acrostic, and written in first person plural. So we pray to you, our Creator and Redeemer, to make things right, and to make us right with you and each other. If you wanted to give me credit, that’s good too. Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Turn us around, O God. Amen. We can be vigilant about the wrong things, and oblivious to the right things. Holy Trinity, glory and strength are yours. By your Spirit, A Prayer of Confession. For God already knows what lies in our hearts. Sometimes fear makes us small, and we miss the chance to speak from our strength. You hear us say “Thy will be done” and “use me, O God” The 'O' Antiphons of Advent. Amen. When we sin, forgive us. PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of all the saints, God of all the sinners, hear our prayer. But now here in this Congregation I allow moments of quiet after the interactive-message, as I return from being among the congregation to the pulpit to announce our song of response. . Those who sleep on the street are ignored, Listen to our prayer. As God’s beloved, let us pray together: The apostle Paul once wrote, “I do not do the good I want.” That is the beginning of confession, for Paul and for all of us. Pain of brothers and sisters and people unknown, Thank you for sharing them with the world. God is not hate, God is not wrath, God is not apathy. Here are the ancient prayers of confession that Pastor Bob mentioned in a recent message. Thank you for sharing your gift! God of mercy and love, we know that sometimes we allow ourselves to be distracted by things that really don’t matter all that much. SILENT PRAYER Sisters and brothers in Christ, let us proclaim the Good News: We have run from you, And we saw luxury and opulence; I’m going to share you with my United Church of Christ clergy circle! Amen. CALL TO CONFESSION For not loving our neighbor in the same way; Hi Rev. Holy God, we know when we have hurt another. ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS Through Christ we pray. Amen. And we know that fear stops us in our tracks, hinders our action, and gives excuse for not doing what you call us to do and what you empower us to do. Remind us that you give us all we need to do your work in the world. We ask you to stay with us as we turn away from what is wrong and hurtful to what is bright and life-giving. Alleluia, amen. Amen. Amen. I used to use Confessions AFTER the sermon. It’s a delight to me to have the liturgists and the congregation come up to me to say that the words are moving them. The healing of our pride and fear and apathy. All is not well, Holy God. When we claim our causes as your own, Thanks be to God! For fear of being rejected when we reach out. Hear now our silent prayer. Modern culture has very little space for silence. that I might take seriously We ask for your help to become the people you created us to be. Yet there are times, O God, when we fail to recognize you in the dailyness of our lives. The doubt that plagues us. For we know … Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS The pain we have inflicted on others, I will, of course, give full credit and citation. Prayers of Confession on Justice . PRAYER OF CONFESSION Give us strong hearts and open hands, that we might set aside our fear, and walk confidently into this world you have made. For not shouting to the world the good that you do; The fear that stifles us, . We ask for your love so that we will love in return. We invite you into our pain We have not followed Christ, we have ignored your teachings, Amen. By your Spirit, teach us to live truly as beings little lower than angels. Special offer - If you spend £10 or USD10 in the shop on any of the Bible studies or prayer collections then you'll get a free book of prayers as well! I’m glad they are of help. In Christ we pray, Amen. I was searching online for some good alternative Confessions when I came across your site. For those times when we have not spoken up; for those times when we have not acted; for those times when we have not responded: forgive us. And we were glad. When we are frightened, O God, put courage in our hearts and hands. Evening Prayer. God, redirect my thoughts to you. Our church used the Good Friday prayer of confession on Sunday; the line “our souls are shredded…” especially touched my heart. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We are uncomfortable, or we feel guilty, or we follow brighter, shinier people, or we worry about what will make us look good. God, make us agents of healing. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. We are glad to name you and give credit! Amen. Those who wage peace are mocked. The confession should be general enough so that all participants in worship may find it to be applicable. *ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS And hear now our silent prayers. We do not love You with our whole heart and mind and strength. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Amen. Help us not to focus on what sin means but to acknowledge that we do things that hurt other people, and the creation, and ourselves, and you. 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