Day 3 — Friday 24 February

Hear our voice, O Lord, according to your faithful love.

| Isaiah 58.1-9a | Psalm 51.15-19 | Matthew 9.14-15 |

Confession

A prayer by Eric Lindell-White

Forgive me, O Lord,
O Lord forgive me my sins,
the sins of my youth,
the sins of the present;
the sins I laid upon myself in an ill pleasure,
the sins I cast upon others in an ill example;
the sins which are manifest to all the world,
the sins which I have laboured to hide from my acquaintances,
from my own conscience,
and even from my memory;

my crying sins and my whispering sins,
my ignorant sins and my wilful;
sins against my superiors, equals, servants,
against my lovers and benefactors,
sins against myself, mine own body, my own soul;
sins against you, O almighty Father, O merciful Son,

O blessed Spirit of God.
Forgive me, O Lord, forgive me all my sins;
Say to me, Son be of good comfort
thy sins are forgiven you
in the merits of your Anointed,
my Saviour Jesus Christ.

James MacMillan. 'O Radiant Dawn', from the Strathclyde Motets, sung by the East Carolina University Chamber Singers, cond. Dr. James Franklin, at Peace Presbyterian Church, Winterville NC, 16 October 2018.

O Radiant Dawn,
Splendour of eternal Light,
Sun of Justice:
come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
Isaiah had prophesied,
The people who walked in darkness have seen the great light
upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.
Amen.

May God our Redeemer show us compassion and love. Amen.