Here is today’s prayer:
This contemporary litany of confession comes to us from the Cathedral Church of Saint George in Cape Town, South Africa, which was Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s cathedral:
Lord, we confess our day to day failure to be truly human.
Lord, we confess to you.
Lord, we confess that we often fail to love with all we have and are, often because we do not fully understand what loving means, often because we are afraid of risking ourselves.
Lord, we confess to you.
Lord, we cut ourselves off from each other and we erect barriers of division.
Lord, we confess to you.
Lord, we confess that by silence and ill-considered word
We have built up walls of prejudice
Lord, we confess that by selfishness and lack of sympathy
We have stifled generosity and left little time for others.
Holy Spirit speak to us. Help us to listen to your word of forgiveness, for we are very deaf. Come, fill this moment and free us from sin.
-United Methodist Hymnal 893
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