As we begin the Great Fast with the Sunday of Forgiveness, I bow down before you, brothers and sisters, and ask, of your charity: forgiveness and prayers.
O Lord and Master of my life,
Take from me the spirit of sloth, despair,
lust of power and idle talk;
But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant.
Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions
and not to judge my brother,
for blessed art Thou unto ages of ages.
Amen
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