For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14

Dear Lord, instill in us forgiving spirits so that we could be forgiving one to another. Because of the wrongful acts being committed towards us, we harbor anger, resentment, we render evil for evil, we look for ways to avenge ourselves, and above all we find it so hard to forgive. Help us, dear Lord, to be mindful of the many times that we have been unlovely, that we have been unkind, that we have been unfaithful, that we have been hurtful and have grieved your holy spirit, yet, you in your mercy hear our prayers of repentance and forgives us. Let us keep this in the forefront of our minds, that if we fail to forgive men their trespasses, that, you our heavenly father will neither forgive us our trespasses.