Prayer for Confession
O Lord, you have mercy upon all–take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of your Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore you, a heart to delight in you, to follow and to enjoy you, for Christ’s sake. Amen.
-Ambrose
Assurance of Forgiveness
Blessed be the Lord!
For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.
-Psalm 28:6-7
Prayer for Intercession
Lord God, of might inconceivable,
of glory incomprehensible,
of mercy immeasurable,
of goodness ineffable;
O Master, look down upon us in your tender love,
and show forth, toward us and those who pray with us, your rich mercies and compassions. Amen.
– John Chrysostom
Prayer for Illumination
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