As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.

My brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.

As we approach the altar of the Lord confident in God's mercy and in celebration of the mystery of Christ’s love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.

To help us become closer followers of Christ, we confess our failings to our merciful God.

As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love and the one through whom all things exist, let us call to mind our sins.

Like the crowds who followed Jesus, we seek him and ask him for forgiveness and healing as we prepare to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

In a spirit of repentance for our sins, we place ourselves in the hands of our merciful God, and so prepare ourselves for the sacred mysteries.

My sisters and brothers, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries let us ask forgiveness for the times we have turned our backs on the Lord. 

In prayer we call upon God to strengthen us as we call to mind our sins and so prepare ourselves for the sacred mysteries.

As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for forgiveness.