In the presence of God, the Church invites us to recognize with humility that we…

In the presence of God, the Church invites us to recognize with humility that we are sinners. Because as Saint Paul says: “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, I do,” (Rm. 7:15). We can all echo the words of Paul in our own lives … Therefore, at the beginning of the Eucharist we humbly recognize along with all our brothers and sisters in Christ, that we are sinners. To ask for God’s forgiveness, we use the words of the blind man who heard that Jesus passed by and knew he could not be cured himself, but needed the help of God as he began to shout in the middle of the crowd: “Lord, have mercy on me.” Thus, with trust in God’s mercy, we pray also “Lord have mercy.”

ɪ ᴄᴏɴꜰᴇꜱꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟᴍɪɢʜᴛʏ ɢᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛʟʏ ꜱɪɴɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ,
ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ, ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴜʟᴛ, ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴜʟᴛ,
ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɢʀɪᴇᴠᴏᴜꜱ ꜰᴀᴜʟᴛ; ᴛʜᴇʀᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴀꜱᴋ ʙʟᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴍᴀʀʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀ-ᴠɪʀɢɪɴ, ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴɢᴇʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴀɪɴᴛꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ,
ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅ. ᴀᴍᴇɴ