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The following form of confession is a gem, typical of Liberal Catholic
thinking. Its repeated recitation at every service encourages the
person to turn from penitence to restoration of faith, from self-abasement
to searching the divinity within man. The following CONFITEOR, i.e.
Confession, is repeated by all present before receiving Absolution:
O lord, Thou hast created man to be immortal and made him to
be an image of Thine own eternity;
yet often we forget the glory of our heritage and wander from
the path which leads to righteousness.
But Thou, O Lord, hast made us for Thyself and our hearts are
ever restless till they find their rest in Thee.
Look with the eyes of Thy love upon our manifold imperfections
and pardon all our shortcomings,
that we may be filled with the brightness of the everlasting
light and become the unspotted mirror of Thy power and the image
of Thy goodness;
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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