admission and absolution

the life of a disciple is daily filled with both

Admission of our sins to God…

O Father, receive again the thing which you have created
O Son, receive the thing which you have governed.
O Holy Spirit, fetch the thing which you so
bountifully have preserved.
Three persons and one very God, I entreat you:
remember not my offenses forever.
For I cry, Lord God and Father, mercy.
Lord God Son, mercy.
Lord God Holy Spirit, mercy. Amen.

~ Martin Luther

Absolution of our sins from God…

But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

~ Galatians 6:14-16