Lord, you are good, forgiving, and
overflowing in unwavering love. I confess this is a beautiful contrast with the
mixture of virtue and vice I find in myself. I am a mixture of good and bad,
forgiveness and grudges, and faltering love. My sins are too heavy to carry, to
real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive me for what my lips tremble to
name, what my heart can no longer bear, and what has become for me a consuming
fire of judgment. The pardon you have already offered to me in the cross of
Jesus is my hope. Yet, in the quiet and urgency of this moment, set me free
from a past I cannot change. Open me to a future that I know I have the ability
to change. Give to me the grace I need this day to grow more and more into the
likeness and image of your Son, Jesus Christ, who is the Light you have given
to the world. Amen.
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