Gracious and merciful God, give us a humble trust in your mercy, and do not let our hearts fail us. Even if our sins are seven, or seventy times seven, or more in number than the hairs of our head, lead us by your grace to repent, that we may cast ourselves into the depth of your compassion. Amen.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894). Revised from Prayers Ancient and Modern.
God, source of perfect blessedness, you teach your faithful people to walk in your laws, to search your testimonies, to keep your commands. Give us your righteousness, that we may seek you with our whole hearts, that we, who often have wandered like lost sheep, may be restored by your kind arms, and rejoice in the glories of Paradise; through Jesus Christ your Son. Amen.
Sarum Breviary, A.D. 1085. Revised from Prayers Ancient and Modern.
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