Confession & Absolution for Proper 28C, based on these readings: Psalm 98, Malachi 4:1-6, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-28

P          The day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble, so we confess our sin to God.

C          Lord, You will judge the world righteously and the peoples fairly. We often fail to remember the instruction of Moses Your servant, the statutes and ordinances You commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. We grow weary in doing good. For Jesus’ sake, forgive us.

P          Stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near. For you who fear the Lord’s name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall. He has remembered his love and faithfulness to the house of Israel and has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to be judged on the cross on your behalf. 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. Sing a new song to the LORD, for he has performed wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him victory!