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For the times we refused to give others the benefit of the doubt ...
For the times we put down others behind their backs ...For the times we forced others to be as miserable as us ... For the times we were embarrassed about our faith before others . . . For taking God's goodness for granted... For refusing to love as we are commanded... For wasting our resources... For neglecting to pray... For ignoring those who need help... For not thanking God for His kindness... For failing to discipline ourselves... For refusing to share what we own... For not trying to be understanding of others... For not spending time with those close to us.. For judging others... For refusing to forgive and forget... For being apathetic about our faith... For being selfish... For being silent when someone else was put down unjustly... For not putting first things first... For hypocrisy... For putting our faith in something other than God... For not taking the Church's teaching seriously... For passing up opportunities to deepen our faith... For being weak in professing our faith... For being unwilling to be known as a Christian in public... For failing to pray day and night... For failing to put our hearts in our prayer... For not bringing our daily lives to God... For not praying in time of temptation... For using God's name irreverently... For using language which upsets others... For showing disrespect for that which is holy... For not worshipping on Sunday... For receiving communion thoughtlessly... For centering our lives on anything other than God... For being insincere... For using others... For causing or spreading scandal... For causing unhappiness in our families... For showing disrespect to our parents... |
For showing disrespect to our children... For being unfaithful to our spouses... For being uncharitable... For being too lazy to help... For looking down on others... For not living up to our responsibilities... For letting others do all of the work... For not working for peace and justice... For not caring about others... For not sharing our talents... For not being a good citizen... For being dishonest... For not doing our best at work... For not paying others a fair wage... For having broken promises... For having been disrespectful of legitimate authority... For having taken advantage of our authority... For lying... For having been violent... For encouraging others to be violent... For feeding our hatreds... For insulting others... For denying the truth because of pride... For stealing... For planning to steal... For vandalism... For not paying for what we have damaged... For seeking revenge... For living without direction,.. For killing the enthusiasm of others... For not reading the Bible.. For not trying to correct our vices... For boasting at the expense of others... For not giving others a choice,.. For wasting time... For not trying to improve ourselves... For watching too much TV... For pouting when we do not get our way... For being unwilling to be inconvenienced for others... For not taking Lent seriously... For not living as images of God... For encouraging lust... For having led others to temptation... For seeking temptation... For giving bad example... For denying love as revenge... For having worried too much about what others think... For having worried more about the letter of the law than the Spirit... For not taking responsibility for our own lives... |