Merciful, merciful, kind, long-suffering, loving, gracious Heavenly Father! I mourn and confess before You the innate malice and insensitivity of my heart, that I often sinned against my poor neighbor through unmercifulness and unfriendliness, did not take part in his poverty and the misfortunes that happened to him, did not have the proper human, Christian and brotherly compassion for him, left him in distress, did not visit, did not console, did not help him. In this I did not act like a child of God, because I was not merciful like You,
My heavenly Father did not even think about what Christ my Lord says: blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. I did not think about the final sentence at the Last Judgment: depart from Me, you cursed, into eternal fire; For I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was naked, and you did not clothe Me; I was sick and did not visit Me.
Merciful Father! Forgive me this grave sin, and do not hold it against me. Turn away from me the grave and righteous punishment, and make sure that judgment without mercy is not carried out on me, but cover and forget my unmercifulness for the sake of the mercy of Your beloved Son.
Grant me a merciful heart that would grieve for the misfortune of my neighbor, and make sure that I am quickly and easily prompted to compassion. Grant me grace so that I may help to alleviate, and not increase, the sorrows and disasters endured by my neighbors; so that I console him in his sorrow and show mercy to all sorrowful spirits - the sick, strangers, widows and orphans; so that he would help them willingly and love them not only in words, but in deed and truth.
My God! You want mercy, not sacrifice. Make me clothe myself with heartfelt mercy, kindness, humility, patience, and willingly forgive, as Christ forgave me. Make me aware of Your great mercy in me, because I am too small before all the mercy that You have shown over me since the day I was born. Thy mercy went before me when I lay in sins; it embraces me, it follows me wherever I go, and finally takes me into eternal life. Amen.