Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn Thy face from my sins: and put out all my

misdeeds.

Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Thy presence: and take not Thy holy Spirit from me.

O give me the comfort of Thy help again: and stablish me with Thy free Spirit.

Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, Thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall show Thy praise.

For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it Thee: but Thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt Thou not despise.

A CIVIC CONFESSION

Taken from the ninth chapter of the Book of Daniel

(To be said by Leader and people in unison.)

O Lord, the great and dreadful God,
Which keepeth covenant and mercy

With them that love Thee and keep Thy commandments:

We have sinned and have dealt perversely,

And have done wickedly and have rebelled,

Even turning aside from Thy precepts and from
Thy judgments.

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee,
But unto us confusion of face as at this day,
Because we have sinned against Thee.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive

nesses

Though we have rebelled against Him:

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God

To walk in His ways which He set before us.

O Lord, according to all Thy righteousness,
Let Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away;
Because for our sins and for the iniquities of our

fathers,

Thy people have become a reproach, to all that are round about us.

Now, therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer
of Thy servants, and to our supplications,
And cause Thy face to shine upon Thy sanctuary.
O, our God, incline Thine ear and hear:

Open Thine eyes and behold our desolations,
And the city that is called by Thy name.

We do not present our supplication before Thee
For our righteousnesses, but for Thy great mercies.

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive;
O Lord, hearken and do, defer not,
For Thine own sake, O our God.

The Comfortable Words

(To be read by the Leader after confession.)

God so loved the world, that He gave His onlybegotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Hear the gracious words of our Lord Jesus Christ unto all that truly repent and turn to Him:

Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.

As given in "The Book of Common Worship."

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn to Him.

Come unto Me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. Matt. 11:28.

So God loved the world, that He gave His onlybegotten Son, to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16.

Hear also what Saint Paul saith.

This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I Tim. 1:15.

Hear also what Saint John saith.

If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He is the Propitiation for our sins. I John 2:1, 2.

As given in "The Book of Common Prayer."

Prayers to Follow Confession

O God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive; Receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of Thy great mercy loose us; for the honor of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

Or This

Grant, we beseech Thee, merciful Lord, to Thy faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve Thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Ancient Hymns and Canticles

GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son; and to the Holy Ghost:

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS

Glory be to God on high: and on earth peace, good will towards men.

We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee: we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory.

O Lord God, heavenly King: God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ: O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

That takest away the sins of the world: have mercy upon us.

Thou that takest away the sins of the world: receive our prayer.

Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father: have mercy upon us.

For Thou only art holy: Thou only art the Lord. Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost: art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.