Based on the readings for Proper 20C: Psalm 113, Amos 8:4-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Luke 16:1-15

P          Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land: The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds. Therefore, we pray, lifting up holy hands in confession.

C          Lord, we have been unrighteous in much. We have not made petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority. We have not dressed ourselves with good works. We have attempted to serve both God and money. We have justified ourselves in the sight of others. According to Your promise for the sake of Jesus and His innocent suffering and death, lift us from the trash heap of our sin.

P          God our Savior wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time. Therefore, as a called and ordained servant of Christ and by His authority, I forgive you all your sin in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C          Amen! Hallelujah! Give praise, servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD!