28 March 2017

Confession from a trial order for Compline (Anglican Church of North America)

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The following is a new form of Confession found in the new Compline liturgy of the Anglican Church of North America (which has nothing to do with the Anglican Church of Canada or the Episcopal Church USA). As I understand it the new liturgies of ACNA are provisional in nature and are part of their groundwork for a new edition of The Book of Common Prayer for their own communities and parishes.


     Almighty God and Father, we confess to you,
     to one another, and to the whole company of heaven,
     that we have sinned, through our own fault,
     in thought, and word, and deed,
     and in what we have left undone.
     For the sake of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
     have mercy upon us, forgive us all our sins,
     and by the power of your Holy Spirit
     raise us up to serve you in newness of life,
     to the glory of your Name. Amen.


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