This liturgy of confession and assurance originally appeared in "Listening to the Prophets—Lent 5: Man of Sorrows."
Call to Confession and Forgiveness (from Jeremiah 31)
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The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. |
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“O Christ, Our Lord, Dear Son of God” (st. 1) Seerveld |
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But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. |
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“O Christ, Our Lord, Dear Son of God” (st. 2) Seerveld |
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No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more. —Jeremiah 31:31–34 NRSVUE |
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“O Christ, Our Lord, Dear Son of God” (st. 3) Seerveld |
Revised Common Lectionary
Year B: Lent—Fifth Sunday in Lent
Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 24 (29)
