Prayer of Confession for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Narcissus, by Caravaggio

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

Corresponds to Proper 24

http://ordinarytimedevotions.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/proper-24-year-c/

http://ordinarytimedevotions.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/proper-24-year-b/

http://ordinarytimedevotions.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/proper-24-year-a/

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Said in Unison:

O God, our Judge and Redeemer, we confess that we have failed in our ministry to others.  We listen for teaching to our own liking; we learn for doctrines that boost our egos.  We follow those who flatter us; we seek comfort and not challenge from our confessions of faith.  Renew a right spirit within us, O God, and train us in righteousness as you forgive our sin.