and sorrows.

Forgive us that You love us, but we do not know how to love each other, that in fact You are not our King, but our pride, self-will, self-love, ambition, vanity, not You are our King, but the vanity after which we run, to which we cling.

We are chained to ourselves and do not want to come out of our prison, neither to You nor to people; we are ungrateful to Thee for life, for soul, for the wisdom of Thy Word, for Thy salvation, for Thy Church!

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Forgive us, Lord, that we are so little anxious to thank Thee for calling us!

Forgive us that we do not guard the treasures that You have given us, that we are ungrateful to You for all the beautiful things that are and have been in our lives, that we do not remember anything, that we are used to this, that we ruthlessly squander everything that You send us: health, time, people.

I'm sorry that we don't feel blissful, happy!

Forgive that we are often prone to discontent, murmuring, and a gloomy view of the world.

Forgive us for not being able to thank for joy, for friends, for family, for the fact that our feet walk and our eyes see, for the sky, air, beauty, peace.

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Forgive us, O Lord, for not fulfilling Thy main commandment: "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another."

It is our fault, Lord, that we were as ungrateful to people as we were to You, that we were not able to thank those who brought us life, light and goodness, who gave birth to us, raised us, brought us up, who taught us, instructed us, helped us!