01 March 2021, Monday FIRST READING "We have sinned, we have committed iniquity" Reading from the book of the prophet Daniel (9, 4-10)

01 March 2021, Monday 

FIRST READING 

"We have sinned, we have committed iniquity" 

Reading from the book of the prophet Daniel (9, 4-10) 

I made this prayer and this confession to the Lord my God: “Ah! you Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and faithfulness to those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done evil, we have been rebellious, we have are turned away from your commandments and your ordinances. We did not listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, to all the people of the land. To you, Lord, justice; shame on our faces, as we see today for the people of Judah, for the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, for those who are near and for those who are far, in all the countries where you have them driven out, because of the infidelities they have committed towards you. Lord, shame on our faces, our kings, our princes, our fathers, because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, because we rebelled against him, we did not listen to the voice of the Lord our God, because we did not follow the laws which he proposed to us by his servants the prophets. " 

The Word of the Lord.

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