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Ocelot II

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5. Got that whole thing stuck in my memory -

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Sun Jun 11, 2023, 09:11 PM

Jun 2023

"We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickednesses which we from time to time have most grievously committed against thy divine majesty, most justly provoking thy wrath and indignation against us" is kind of intense but there is some merit to acknowledging our own fuckups, whether there's a god to piss off or not. And it does fit with yoga and a lot of Buddhist stuff.

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I've started reciting the Episcopal Confession and Absolution as a daily cleansing ritual. [View all] sir pball Jun 2023 OP

Still Episcopalian . We recite every Sunday. lynintenn Jun 2023 #1

Our Episcopal church Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #2

That was an option in my church, but we didn't have a confessional sir pball Jun 2023 #4

Me too leftieNanner Jun 2023 #3

Got that whole thing stuck in my memory - Ocelot II Jun 2023 #5

...the hell BCP were you reading from? sir pball Jun 2023 #7

That's the 1662 version, I think. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #9

Those prayers were part of Communion in the Methodist yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #14

I've been confirmed in that church, but I haven't been to an Episcopal service in awhile EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #6

I use that or the Lord's Prayer with a rosary AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #8

Lutheran churches use the same general confession, word for word, wnylib Jun 2023 #10

Very similar to the Catholic Penitential Act Fla Dem Jun 2023 #11

Brought up by an atheist and an agnostic, but they had me baptized in a little BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #12

I'm Episcopalian myself and have recited many of the prayers mentioned in this thread. Different Drummer Jun 2023 #13