Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
- God the Father of Heaven,
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. - God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. - God the Holy Ghost,
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. - Holy Trinity, One God,
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
- O Lord, who do not wish the sinner to die, but rather to be converted and live,
I am extremely sorry to have offended Thee so much. - O Lord, who have compassion on all men and conceal their sins, so that they may do penance,
I am extremely sorry to have... - O Lord, who have never rejected a contrite and humble heart,
- O Lord, who remember none of our sins after we have done penance for them,
- O Lord, who, after Adam’s fall, made him aware of his fault and called him to penance,
- O Lord, who forgave David when he accused himself of his sin and did penance for it,
- O Lord, who forgave the people of Nineveh when they did penance through fasting, ashes and cilice,
- O good Jesus! who, coming to redeem mankind, sent before Thee Saint John the Baptist to preach penance,
- O good Jesus! who declared that the publican, striking his breast with pain and humility, had been justified,
- O good Jesus! who gave hope of forgiveness to the greatest sinners, in the parable of the prodigal son returning to his father,
- O good Jesus! who forgave Mary Magdalene her great and many sins, because she had loved Thee so much,
- O good Jesus! who saved the life of the adulteress, and demanded only a true change of heart,
- O good Jesus! who went looking for the Samaritan woman, and who so gently removed her from her errors and disorders,
- O good Jesus! who blessed the home of the converted Zacchaeus with Thy presence, and placed him among the true children of Abraham,
- O good Jesus! who, looking upon Saint Peter with an eye of mercy, when he denied Thee for the third time, revealed to him his crime, and made him expiate it through the tears of a sincere penitence,
- O good Jesus! who, lifted up on the Cross, promised paradise to the good penitent thief,
- O good Jesus! who wanted to be a propitiation victim for our sins,
- O good Jesus! who, to save us from the curse our sins deserved, made Thyself an object of curse,
- O good Jesus! who reconciled Heaven with Earth by the blood Thou hast shed on the Cross,
- Show us, O Lord, Your kindness,
and grant us Thy salvation. - O Lord, hear my prayer,
and let my cry come to Thee.
- From all sin,
deliver us, O Lord. - By the tears Thou hast shed in the manger,
deliver us, O Lord. - By the sufferings of Thy circumcision, and by the blood Thou hast shed there,
deliver us... - By the poverty, darkness and labors of Thy hidden life,
- By the baptism of penance Thou hast wished to receive, and by the rigor of Thy fast,
- By the sweat, toil and contradictions of Thy public life,
- By Thine agony and Thy sweat of blood at the sight of our sins,
- By the opprobrium afflicted on Thee for us,
- By the torments and pains of Thy Passion,
- By the abandonment Thou hast suffered on the Cross and by Thy cruel death,
- By the thrust of the lance that opened Thy divine Heart,
- By the sorrows of Thy holy Mother at the foot of the Cross,
- Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord. - Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord. - Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Let Us Pray. – O God, who rejects no one, but by a great mercy lets Yourself be touched in favor of the greatest sinners when they do penance, listen favorably to the prayers we offer You in our misery; dispel the darkness into which our passions plunge us; and grant us the grace to faithfully fulfill Your holy commandments. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
