Lord, you come to me, but I do not recognize you; you call but I do not follow; You command, but I do not obey; you bless me, but I do not thank you. Please forgive me and help me.
Lord, you accept me, but I do not forgive those who wrong me; You love me, but I do not love my neighbors. Please forgive me and help me.
Lord, you showed me how to carry out your mission, but I still insist on my own; You identified yourself with outcasts, the needy, and the poor, but I do not bother to find out what is happening to them; you suffered and died for the sake of all, but we do not give up our comfortable lives. Please forgive and help us, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
