Here’s a prayer of
confession for the first Sunday of Lent, Year A. It was written by Rev. Elizabeth Dilley, and
posted on the Worship Ways website.
Prayer of Confession
Creative,
passionate God,
you delight to
shape the world in beauty and harmony.
You invite us to
participate in the balance of creation.
We grow in wisdom
as our experience unfolds;
we take good
learning out of difficult situations yet also
find our well-meant
endeavors leading to unintended consequences.
Too often we give
in to temptation
that disrupts the
joyous, chaotic order of the universe.
We cannot undo all
our mistakes,
but we can turn
once more to the living presence of Jesus
and find new ways
to live and love each other and the earth.
Do not let our hearts be fearful,
but let us in silence acknowledge our sin
and seek the forgiveness that restores your
peace.
Silence
Words of Assurance
(inspired by Genesis 3: 1-7)
Even as Adam and
Eve faced the consequences of their sin,
our God prepared a
way for them still to be connected to the earth
and to the living
presence of God.
So it is with all
of us:
in Christ’s life,
ministry, death and resurrection,
we are made able to
persist, upright and strong,
for our sins are
forgiven.
Thanks be to God!
~ from Tempting! Service Prayers for the First Sunday of Lent,
written by the Rev. Elizabeth Dilley.
Posted on the United Church of Christ’s Worship Ways website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/
