Collect for Ash Wednesday
Create in us new and contrite hearts
E te Atua kaha rawa, atawhai anō
hoki,
kāhore koe e mauāhara ki ngā mea
kua hangā e koe,
ā, e murua ana e koe ngā hara katoa
o te hunga ngākau rīpenetā;
hangā ki roto i a mātou he ngākau
hōu, he ngākau iro,
kia tahuri ai mātou ki a koe ki te
whāki i ō mātou hara,
ka whiwhi mātou ki te tino houhanga
o te rongo;
ko Īhu Karaiti tō mātou Kaihoko.
Āmine.
Almighty and merciful God,
you hate nothing that you have made and
forgive the sins of all who are penitent;
create in us new and contrite hearts, so that
when we turn to you and confess our sins
we may receive your full and perfect
forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Amen.
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