The Seventh Sunday of Easter (Ps) June 1st

Psalm 145:1-9

¹  I will extol you, my God and King,

and bless your name forever and ever.

²    Every day I will bless you

and praise your name forever and ever.

³    Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,

and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴    One generation shall commend your works to another,

and shall declare your mighty acts.

⁵    On the glorious splendor of your majesty,

and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

⁶    They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,

and I will declare your greatness.

⁷    They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness

and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸    The Lord is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

⁹    The Lord is good to all,

and his mercy is over all that he has made.

The Fifth Petition

And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

What does this mean?

We pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would not look at our sins, or deny our prayer because of them. We are neither worthy of the things for which we pray, nor have we deserved them, but we ask that He would give them all to us by grace, for we daily sin much and surely deserve nothing but punishment. So we too will sincerely forgive and gladly do good to those who sin against us.

O God, for our redemption You gave Your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross and by His glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of the enemy. Grant that all our sin may be drowned through daily repentance and that day by day we may arise to live before You in righteousness and purity forever; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.