I revere Thee, my Creator, I sigh

in Thee, I call upon Thee.

But guide me with Thy wisdom, protect and strengthen me.

I commit to Thee, O my God,

My thoughts,

let them proceed from Thee.

Let my works be done according to Thy will.

Enlighten my mind, strengthen my will,

Cleanse the body, sanctify the soul.

Да узрю мои прегрешения, да не прельщусь гордостью,

помоги мне побеждать искушения.

Да славлю Тебя во все дни жизни, которые Ты даровал мне.

Аминь.

Prayers before confession

Lord, you are our first and last love, you are the one for whom we live, in whom we live,

To Whom we aspire,

Which we breathe!

Forgive us for being believers, but our faith is so small;

We are those who pray, but our prayer is so weak! How seldom do you and I meet in real prayer!

And our word, addressed to Thee, turns into soulless muttering.

Forgive us, O Lord, for the fact that, standing before an icon, opening a prayer book or Holy Scripture, even preparing to receive the Holy Mysteries, we are absent-minded, our thoughts wander somewhere sluggish, gloomy, tired. 

How guilty we are before You, that we are often present in church during common prayer only with our feet, as it were, while our heart, insensitive and cold, remains somewhere far away.

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Forgive us, Lord, that we are neither cold nor hot, that we are half lukewarm, that our faith is often ineffective.

We are guilty before You, O Lord, for the weakness of our faith, for the lack of faith of the mind, when attacks against faith stuck in our hearts. It is their fault that they bore bad witness to their faith, that they did not want to delve into its essence, that they were ashamed and renounced it.

We are to blame for our heartfelt lack of faith, when in difficult circumstances of life we began to grumble, instead of completely surrendering to You.

Lord, we live as if You're

with us only on Sunday, at Mass, and the rest of the time we live away from You, on our own.

Forgive us, Lord, for those days when we forget about You altogether!