...Christ our Lord!" — Romans 7:21, 24-25 love the Confession in the Book of Common Prayer that reads, "Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker...repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. . . ."* I love that Confession. But I hate that Confession. Sometimes I get so weary of my sin that...

...in America about the possibility of our nation's apologizing to Japan. Almighty God, Father of'our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all...for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable. Last year, President Clinton made a public statement...

...chalked it up to nature, nurture, and the rampant Episcopalianism that had me mouthing lines like, "We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,...most justly thy wrath and indignation against us," from the age of six. I looked at the doctor's shirt and thought about a madras suit I'd worn to death...

...congregation, some kneeling, but many still seated, responded in unison with common public confession: Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker...manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time have most grievously committed, by thought word, and deed, against thy divine majesty . . . Rising...

...Christ mean?" The words of the confession in the communion service entered his heart with great power, "We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,...for these our misdoings. The remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable," etc. Here he was enabled to fall down to the...

...requiring submission and tribute, as in the following prayer: 27. Mitchell, / Don't Like That Music, p. 29. We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,...for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable. [Emphases mine.] Say this prayer aloud, and you...

...in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness. Book of Common Prayer We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,...Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation. Book of Common Prayer Prayer is not designed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we...

...Episcopalians confessed their sins with these words, again from the Book of Common Prayer of 1928: We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,...for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable. In the general confession, we find that the source...

...inadequacy and sin, which precedes and introduces Holy Communion, is cast in the firstperson plural: We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness...for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father. On the...

...there yet hope? For some churches, no; for others, maybe; for the traditionalist ones, very possibly. Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker...for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful...