❖ Confession of Sin

Lord, you are our Father and we are but dust and filth;

you are our Creator, and we are the work of your hands;

you are our Shepherd, we are your flock;

you are our Redeemer, we are the people that you have purchased;

you are our God, we are your inheritance.

Therefore, do not be angry with us to correct us in your fury.

No longer remember our iniquity to punish it,

but chastise us gently in your kindness.

Your wrath is kindled because of our demerits;

but remember that your name has been pronounced over us

and that we bear your mark and standard.

And continue, rather, the work that you have begun in us by your grace,

that all the earth might know that you are our God and our Savior. Amen.

[John Calvin]