Forgive Our Lack of Love: Prayer of Confession for the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany

Statue of Reconciliation, St. Michel’s Cathedral, Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Image Source = Rebecca Kennison

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_Coventry_Statue-of-Reconcilliation.jpg)

Prayer Source = James G. Kirk, When We Gather:  A Book of Prayers for Worship, Year C (Philadelphia, PA:  Geneva Press, 1985), p. 38

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Said in unison:

If love is patient, why are we irritable?  If love is kind, why are we hostile?  If love is not jealous or boastful, why do we flaunt our achievements in the presence of others?  O God, in Jesus you have shown love which forgives imperfection; only in him can we forsake childish ways.  Forgive our lack of love, and have mercy upon us.

http://adventchristmasepiphany.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-b/

http://adventchristmasepiphany.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-a/

Prayer of Dedication for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/prayer-of-dedication-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-epiphany/

Prayer of Praise and Adoration for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/prayer-of-praise-and-adoration-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-epiphany/