 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...  The Book of common prayer - Pàgina 281818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Robert Andrew Baker, John M. Landers - 2005 - 486 pàgines
...the Ministerall kneeling. Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults.... | |
 | Lucy Reid - 2005 - 183 pàgines
...form for evening worship: Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices...ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. The tone is self-accusing, pessimistic, and takes for granted that "miserable sinners" stand in need... | |
 | William H. Willimon - 2005 - 390 pàgines
...are all familiar with that prayer. It says, "We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have offended against Thy holy laws. We have left...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us" A number of people on the Harvard campus wanted to eliminate that last phrase: "there is no health... | |
 | Leanne Van Dyk - 2004 - 182 pàgines
...confession is spoken in unison: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much the devices...holy laws, we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and done those things which we ought not to have done.15 Other prayers of confession... | |
 | Jonathan Aitken - 2006 - 214 pàgines
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 | James Innell Packer, Carolyn Nystrom - 2006 - 320 pàgines
...ourselves. The General Confession of the historic Anglican Prayer Book states what we always find: "We have followed too much the devices and desires...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us." Then, on the other hand, God the Spirit forms questions in our minds that we have to answer, questions... | |
 | Robert C. Roberts - 2007 - 216 pàgines
...chiefly the emotionally expressive elements of the prayer: We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders (p. 6}. The metaphor of wandering, lost sheep; the... | |
 | Fleming Rutledge - 2007 - 422 pàgines
...our General Confession: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to 8. FitzSimons Allison in the Grace Church (NYC) bulletin, October 1977. have done, and... | |
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