Lord,

I come as a man of unclean lips living among a people of unclean lips. We have sinned against You, forgotten Your covenant, rejected Your commandments, ignored Your Word. We have taken advantage of the foreigner, the poor, the widow, and the orphan.

We have done evil and called it righteousness. We have prospered at other’s expense. We have made gods for ourselves and worshipped them. We have sought wealth, comfort, power, and pleasure, rather than seeking Your Kingdom.

For these sins and others, we ask Your forgiveness, Lord. Have mercy on us, mere sinners.

In Christ’s name,
Amen