Here’s a litany of confession
from Rev. Christine Sobania Johnson’s Freshly Squeezed Liturgy blog.
Litany
Sometimes we stride through
this life arrogantly,
believing that our
achievements come exclusively via our own brilliance,
our own perseverance.
Sometimes we race through
this life recklessly,
feeling that we must compete
and that we must finish first.
Sometimes we tiptoe through
this life fearfully,
worried that we will be
shortchanged of what we need and of what we want.
Sometimes we meander through
this life inattentively,
unsuspecting that our words
may harm or our actions may injure.
Sometimes we slip through
this life spitefully,
supposing that grudges should
be kept and forgiveness should be withheld.
Sometimes we wander through
this life obliviously,
unaware that small and large
miracles surround us.
Sometimes we skulk through
this life suspiciously,
thinking that trust is a
misguided danger.
Sometimes we barrel through
this life heedlessly,
ignoring that there is
goodness and beauty to be noticed.
Sometimes we stomp through
this life noisily,
forgetting that God just may
be waiting to meet us in the silence.
(enter into silent prayers
of confession.)
Forgive us for treading so
gracelessly on this journey.
Forgive us,
but then outfit us with generosity,
purpose, wonder, humility and courage
for the next leg of this
journey with you. Amen.
~ written by Rev. Christine
Sobania Johnson on her blog, Freshly Squeezed Liturgy. http://freshlysqueezedliturgy.blogspot.com/
