Human as we are, we know we can be wonderful and terrible. Yet God stands ready to offer forgiveness and blessing if we are bold enough to ask.
When we make a mess of it all in our anger and disregard.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
When we forget that we belong to God and to one another,
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
When we forget that we belong within the whole creation.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
May the God of all healing and forgiveness draw us to himself, and cleanse us from all our sins that we may behold the glory of his Son, the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.