...certainly look happier than when you came in." "Much happier," I agreed. PART VI Devices and desires "We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts." A GENERAL CONFESSION BOOK OP COMMON PRAYER, 1928 VERSION MAY 1987 BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Wrongful Life...

...ritual and the phrases which have worn a channel, like raindrops, upon the mind that is lulled by them. "Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred...have done. And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. And there is no health in us." "O Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty,...

...Common Prayer of 1928, the faithful repeated a general confession that included the following words: We have followed too much the devices and desires...have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us: but thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable...

...stands right beside the quay. Its bell was tolling. I went in. I was in time for Evensong. A Imighty and most merciful Father: We have erred and strayed...hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have lefl undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought...

...echoes a line in the general confession of the The Book of Common Prayer, which opens, "Almighty and merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts" (23; emphasis added). Using the line to inform the meaning of "desert of the heart," one can argue...

...father in the afternoon. It was a comforting ritual, written into her being, protected, cherished. We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost...too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. I'm sure I am still a believer, she thought. Despite Peter. But she was not comforted as she wanted...

...world grant us thy peace. Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred,...have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...confession to expiate our sinful behaviour. I find it hard not to say the melodious droning words: Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and...to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done, And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...confession are almost extinct. This prayer from the Book of Common Prayer sounds, in fact, almost alien: ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred,...have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable...

...Book of Common Prayer, but it could be said, without material change, by all Christians, everywhere. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health...