Where Sin Abounded

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Most merciful Jesus, I trust in you.

Let us pause in silence, and bring to mind the intention you are praying for.

In the app, your own saved intention rests here during the silence. The narration stays the same for everyone.

The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,

No matter how much sin there is, there is always more grace. We cannot out-sin the mercy of God; we can only refuse it. This is not permission to take grace lightly, but freedom to stop despairing, because the worst thing you have ever done is not larger than the love that wants to redeem it.

Jesus, where my sin has abounded, let your grace abound even more. Do not let me give up on myself when you have not given up on me. Where I have caused harm, send your mercy to heal it; where I have grown cold, send your grace to thaw me. Let love have the last word in my life. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Jesus, King of Mercy, I trust in you. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.