ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans
THE HATRED...
...which divides nation from nation,
race from race,
class from class;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
race from race,
class from class;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
THE GREED...
...which exploits the labours of men
and lays waste to earth;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
and lays waste to earth;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
OUR ENVY...
...of the welfare and happiness
of others;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
of others;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
OUR INDIFFERENCE...
...to the plight of the
homeless and the refugee;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
homeless and the refugee;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
THE LUST...
...which uses for ignoble ends,
the bodies of men and women;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
the bodies of men and women;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
THE PRIDE...
...which leads us to trust in
ourselves and not in God;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
ourselves and not in God;
FATHER, FORGIVE.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (St. Paul to the Ephesians).
~Prayer at the altar of Coventry Cathedral
~Prayer at the altar of Coventry Cathedral
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