Lamb of
God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.
With
the light of your truth, Lord, open my heart
and
help me be honest in seeing
how I’ve betrayed you …
how I’ve betrayed your love …
how I’ve taken you and your mercy for
granted …
how I’ve presumed upon your presence and
your grace …
how I’ve betrayed you in thought, word and
deed out of loyalty to the crowd, the
custom, the fad …
With
the light of your truth, Lord, open my heart
and
help me be honest in seeing
how I’ve betrayed the people around me,
family and friends …
how I’ve betrayed others at school, at
work, in my community …
how I’ve betrayed the poor and hungry with
my greed and gluttony …
how I’ve betrayed the truth with my lies
and cheating …
how I’ve betrayed others with gossip and
half-truths …
With
the light of your truth, Lord, open my heart
and
help me be honest in seeing
how I’ve betrayed myself …
how I’ve been dishonest with and about the
person you made me to be …
how I’ve betrayed my given word, my
promises, my vows …
how I’ve betrayed the best in me by
choosing the cheap and tawdry …
how I’ve betrayed your image within me, the
divine image in which you created
me …
With
the light of your truth, Lord, open my heart and
help me be honest in seeing how, with Judas,
I betray you, and hand you over for money,
for prestige, out of pride, in
selfishness …
and in closing my eyes to the truth of your
presence and the promise of
your love …
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