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God! Forgive us for not thanking You for Your Word that You have given us! That we do not bring it into our hearts, into our lives!

Lord, forgive us that we neglect Your gift, that we read the Holy Scriptures lazily, from time to time, without thinking, without trying to apply these holy words to our lives. How guilty we are before Thee that we do not delve into Thy Word!

God! Forgive us for our negligence! Forgive us for our idleness, spiritual laziness, idle talk, stagnation, negligence

in prayer, for poor preparation

to the sacraments, for all kinds of deceit, unscrupulousness in one's work.

Lord, forgive us for not wanting to enter Your Kingdom, but for standing at the door without taking a single real step towards You.

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We are guilty before Thee, O Lord,

for the impurity of our hearts, for evil, fornicatory and blasphemous thoughts, for an irreverent attitude

to the holy, for the impure thoughts in relation to Thee that come

to us from the evil one.

Forgive us for the impurity of carnal thoughts, for sins against purity, against chastity, against love, against fidelity, against family!

Lord, forgive us for our suspicion, for our crazy, ridiculous, ridiculous thoughts,

for the intemperance of the passions.

We are guilty before you, Lord,

for intemperance not only in word

and in feeling, but also in food and drink. Forgive us for neglecting fasting.

And may fasting be for us a school of the spirit, strengthen and bring us closer to You!