Prayer for Ash Wednesday

A Prayer of Contrition

Merciful Father

I am guilty of sin

I confess my sins before you

and I am sorry for them.

Your promises are just;

therefore I trust that you will forgive my sins

and cleanse me from every stain of sin.

Jesus himself is the propitiation

for my sins and the sin of the whole world.

I put my hope in his atonement.

May my sins be forgiven through His name

and in His blood may my soul be made clean.