consider Judas betraying Christ with a kiss. And art not thou also a traitor, whilst thou rejectest thy Saviour to embrace some trifling pleasure?
Affections.
“Impute not to me, my Lord, the iniquity, nor remember the injuries of Thy servant.”—2 Kings xix. 19.
“I know my iniquity; and my sin is always before me.”—Ps. l. 5.
Lord, have mercy upon me, have mercy upon me.
At The Kyrie Eleison
reflect on the threefold denial of Peter, who did not repent until the Lord looked upon him.—Luke xxii. 61. How often art thou ashamed of thy Lord Jesus, and deniest Him before men? When wilt thou repent and return to Him with contrition?
Affections.
“I have sinned against the Lord.”—2 Kings xii. 13.
“Cast me not away from Thy face.”—Ps. l. 13.