Act of Contrition - Lutheran Formula

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.