Form #1
Almighty God great in mercy to all who call upon You, hear us, as we come to You, hear us, as we come to You humbly confessing our sins and begging your mercy and forgiveness. We have broken Your holy laws by our deeds, our words and by the sinful desires of our hearts. We confess our disobedience and ingratitude, our pride and wilfulness in all our failures and shortcomings toward you and our fellow men. Have mercy on us, most merciful Father and grant newness of life; through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.
Form #2
Lord God! Eternal and Almighty Father. We confess before your holy majesty, that we are lowly sinners, conceived and born in sin and under the sentence of death. We naturally desire wrong things and are unable, by our own strength, to do any good. Because of this complete inability we are constantly breaking your holy commandments and bring upon ourselves the death sentence that Your law demands.
But Lord, with deep sorrow and shame we turn from our sins, condemning ourselves and our evil ways, humbly asking that Your grace may relieve our distress.
Our gracious God and Father, please have mercy on us for the sake of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Take away our guilt and uncleanness and grant us to grow in grace daily as Your Holy Spirit causes us to admit our unrighteousness and truly repent.
Grant that your Spirit may put to death all sin in our lives and produce the fruits of holiness and righteousness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.
Form #3
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and against our fellow men, in thought, word and deed and in the good we have not done, through ignorance, through weakness, through our own deliberate fault. We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your Name. AMEN.
Form #4
Almighty and most merciful Father; we have wandered from the truth and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much our own plans and desires. We have broken your holy laws. We have failed to do the things that we should have done and we have done the things that would not have done and there is no part of our lives untouched by sin. But Lord, have mercy on us, lowly offenders. Spare those, O God who confess their faults. Restore those who are sorry for and turn away from their sin; according to your promises declared to mankind in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Grant, merciful Father, for his sake, that we may live godly and obedient lives, so that your holy name will be praised. AMEN
Form #5
Almighty and most merciful Father; we have strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have left undone what we should have done and we have done what we should not have done.
We have followed our own ways and the desires of our own hearts. We have broken your holy laws.
Yet good Lord, have mercy on us, lowly offenders. Restore those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to mankind in Jesus Christ our Lord.
And grant, merciful Father, for his sake, that we may live godly and obedient lives, so that your holy name will be praised.
AMEN.
Form #6
THE COLLECT
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid? Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. AMEN.