Lutheran Formula
The Lutheran Church also has its own act of contrition, which is said during Holy Absolution. The following version, taken from the Lutheran Service Book (2006), says:
- O Almighty God, merciful Father,
- I a poor, miserable sinner, confess to you all my sins and iniquities,
- with which I have ever offended you and justly deserved your punishment now and forever.
- But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them,
- and I pray you of your boundless mercy,
- and for the sake of the holy, innocent,
- bitter sufferings and death of your beloved son, Jesus Christ,
- to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being.
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