The Benefice of Barlings, Diocese of Lincoln : Parishes of Sudbrooke, Stainton by Langworth, and Barlings with Langworth

Forgiveness

 

 

 

Forgive them all,O Lord;
Our sins of omission and our sins of commission;
The sins of our youth and the sins of our riper years;
The sins of our souls and the sins of our bodies;
Our secret and our more open sins;
Our sins of ignorance and surprise,
And our more deliberate and presumptious sin;
The sins we have done to please ourselves,
And the sins we have done to please others;
The sins we know and remember,
And the sins we have forgotten;
The sins we have striven to hide from others
And the sins by which we have made others offend;
Forgive them,O Lord,forgive them all for his sake,
Who died for our sins and rose for our justification,
And now stands at thy right hand
To make intercession for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord.                                             John Wesley

 

 

 

Almighty God,have mercy on all who bear me evil will and would do me harm,and by whatever
tender,merciful means you can in your infinite wisdom best devise,amend and redress their faults
and mine,and,through the passion of our sweet Saviour Jesus Christ,make us all saved souls in heaven
together where we may ever live and love together with you and your blessed saints,O glorious Trinity.   
                                                                           Thomas More

 

 

 

As the first martyr prayed to thee for his murderers,O Lord,
so we fall before thee and pray;
Forgive all who hate and maltreat us
And let not one of them perish because of us,
But may all be saved by thy grace,
O god the all-bountiful.                                         Eastern Church

 

 

 

O Lord,we beseech thee,
Forgive our enemies all their sins against thee,
And grant that for their hatred we may love them,
For their cursing we may bless them,
For their injury we may do them good,
And for their persecution we may pray for them,
In the name of Jesus Christ.                                    William Laud

 

 

 

Almighty God,Spirit of purity and grace,
In asking thy forgiveness,
I cannot claim a right to be forgiven
But only cast myself upon thine unbounded love.
I can plead no merit or desert.
I can plead no extenuating circumstances;
I cannot plead the frailty of my nature;
I cannot plead the force of the temptations I encounter;
I cannot plead the persuasion of others who led me astray;
I can only say,for the sake of Jesus Christ thy son, my Lord.                                                                 John Baillie