 Almighty and most merciful Father : We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to...  Twenty-four Sermons, on Various Subjects - Sivu 87tekijä(t) Brian Hill - 1822 - 433 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | C. Mark Corts - 2006 - 180 sivua
...found in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer: "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us." How much ill-health is there in the world — spiritually, emotionally, physically — because of people... | |
 | Gabriel J. Fackre - 2007 - 202 sivua
...glory to the confession of our sin: Almighty and most merciful God, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. . . . The believer confesses that the first of the things we must know about ourselves to live and... | |
 | David L. Holmes - 2006 - 241 sivua
...Anglican clergy. Additionally, the words and cadences of the Book of Common Prayer ran in their blood: "Almighty and most merciful Father: we have erred...and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. . . . We thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness... | |
 | Dorothy M. Stewart - 1999 - 466 sivua
...graces; for all which I beg pardon, by the merits of the Blood you shed for them. Lady Lucy Herbert 25.6 Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have not done those things that we ought to have done, and there is no... | |
 | Elias Kifon Bongmba - 2007 - 256 sivua
...Common Prayer, Service of Morning Prayer: "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done. And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. And there is no health in us." I thank my editor at Baylor who suggested that I refer to the source of the archbishop's comments.... | |
 | Robert C. Roberts - 2007 - 216 sivua
...mercy, love, and forgiveness: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love" (Psalm 51:1). "Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep" (Book of Common Prayer, 1945, p. 6). Contrition, as contrasted with plain guilt, is characterized by... | |
 | Fleming Rutledge - 2007 - 422 sivua
...today still use Thomas Cranmer's great General Confession. I hope some of you, at least, remember it: "We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. . . . We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought... | |
 | Gary Saunders - 2007 - 292 sivua
...CHURCH "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us..." - BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER As a toddler I thought it magnificent. I marvelled at the sturdy white steeple... | |
 | John Nichols - 2007 - 204 sivua
...the flesh. The Book of Common Prayer uses the more elegant, or at least more comfortable, wording, "We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." It is just not in us. It is not in most of us to achieve complete harmony among our beliefs, our values,... | |
 | Margaret Gibson - 2013 - 216 sivua
...we had memorized from the Book of Common Prayer, reciting by heart the required General Confession: Almighty and most Merciful Father, We have erred and...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. As she spoke the words softly, Armistead's head bent so low to her desk that her mouth met the wood.... | |
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