Coventry Litany of Reconciliation

Many people who have worshiped with us remember this litany, which is a regularly prayed as part of Morning Prayer at the Chapel of the Resurrection.

This litany is based on the seven capital sins. It was written in 1959, and since that year it has been recited every Friday at noon before the Altar of Reconciliation in the sanctuary of England’s old Coventry Cathedral.

Prayers of the Community

L    All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.  The hatred that divides nation from nation, race from race, class from class, 

C    Father, forgive.

L    The covetous desires of people and nations to possess what is not their own. 

C    Father, forgive.

L    The greed which exploits the work of human hands and lays waste the earth. 

C    Father, forgive.

L    Our envy of the welfare and happiness of others,

C    Father, forgive.

L    Our indifference to the plight of the imprisoned, the homeless, the refugee,

C    Father, forgive.

L    The lust which dishonors the bodies of men, women and children,

C    Father, forgive.

L    The pride which leads us to trust in ourselves, and not in God,

C    Father, forgive.

L    Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.