Almighty God,
we confess that we have sinned against You
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done
and by what we have left undone.

For the sake of Your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in Your will
and walk Your way
to the glory of Your Name.
Amen.

O God, show me the way,
Thou shalt guide me through the night.

Between good and unrighteousness,
Between valour and frighteness.

In dark veils are the paths,
Clothed and stony is the ground beneath.

As thorns reach out for me,
With steadfast steps I proceed.

Show mercy to walk with God,
Let go of what is flawed.
Show mercy to walk with God,
Bound between light and dark.

Resounding cries in the night,
Great distress, which only the sun can heal.

By day the sun, the stars by night,
I ever follow Thy light.

Guide me with Thy holy mouth,
For my deaf ears are filled with dust.

Be Thou my guideth hand,
Be Thou my way.

Show mercy to walk with God,
Let go of what is flawed.
Show mercy to walk with God,
Bound between light and dark.

“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses.
That I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
Now choose life, so that you and your children may live;
That you may love the Lord your God,
Listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him.”
(Deuteronomy 30:19–20)

Show mercy to walk with God,
Let go of what is flawed.
Show mercy to walk with God,
Bound between light and dark.

Forgive me, Lord and Savior,
For disorder and slander.

Thy word shall be my judgment,
Your touch will give abatement.

Forgive me, Lord and Savior,
For disorder and slander.

For only Thou’re almighty,
Thy light shineth so brightly.

A heavenly curse
Was laid upon my chest.
Envious grief,
Gluttony and protest.

I may not forget
The good that has forged me;
Dying in regret,
Yet born in unbelief.

For He is my Savior,
The root of my behavior.
Don’t I reflect Thy image,
Struggling with inner scrimmage.

For He is my Savior,
Though I feel like a traitor.
Don’t I reflect Thy image,
Struggling with inner scrimmage.

Forgive my sins.

Forgive me, Lord and Savior,
For disorder and slander.

Thy word shall be my judgment,
Your touch will give abatement.

Forgive me, Lord and Savior,
For disorder and slander.

For only Thou’re almighty,
Thy light shineth so brightly.

“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others their sins,
your Father will not forgive your sins.”
(Matthew 6:14–15)

Forgive me, Lord and Savior,
For disorder and slander.

Thy word shall be my judgment,
Your touch shall give abatement.

Forgive me, Lord and Savior,
For disorder and slander.

For only Thou’re almighty,
Thy light shineth so brightly.

Allfather!
Creator!
Lightbringer!
My Lord!

For this is the will of God,
Even your sanctification:
That ye should abstain from greed
And abstain from fornication.

That every one of you
Should know to possess his vessel
In devotion and in honour,
To reach supremacy and elevation.

That no man go defraud his brother,
Because the Lord is the avenger
Of all such; we also have
Forewarned you of this venture.

Allfather!
Guide me into eternity.
Creator!
Bless me with serenity.
Lightbringer!
Teach me to walk in trust.
My Lord!
Set me free from greed and lust.

In transcendence the Lord Himself
Shall descend from Thy heaven
With an almighty shout,
With the voice of the archangel.

Then we which are alive
Shall be caught up and bound together
To meet the Lord in the air;
And with the Lord we shall be forever.

Allfather!
Guide me into eternity.
Creator!
Bless me with serenity.
Lightbringer!
Teach me to walk in trust.
My Lord!
Set me free from greed and lust.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness,
But unto holiness.

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God,
Who hath also given unto us His Holy Spirit.
(1 Thessalonians 4:7–8)

And shall rise to eternity,
As He is the Lord and pure.

Allfather!
Guide me into eternity.
Creator!
Bless me with serenity.
Lightbringer!
Teach me to walk in trust.
My Lord!
Set me free from greed and lust.

My God,
Why hast Thou forsaken,
So far from helping me?

My God,
All hast Thou taken;
Day and night Thou hearest me weep.

My God,
I cry in the daytime,
But Thou hearest not.

My God,
Thou hast never replied —
Why don’t You hear me, God?

I cry in the morn,
Yet silence is so near.
I wail in the night,
But Thou dost not hear.

My soul is poured out
Like water on the ground,
And yet not a whisper,
Not even the slightest sound.

I called on Thy name
In my sorrow and shame,
But darkness has descended;
No answer ever came.

My God,
Why hast Thou forsaken,
So far from helping me?

My God,
All hast Thou taken;
Day and night Thou hearest me weep.

My God,
I cry in the daytime,
But Thou hearest not.

My God,
Thou hast never replied —
Why don’t You hear me, God?

„O Thou who dwellest in Israel’s praise,
Hast Thou now turned from my sorrowful days?
Our fathers did trust, and Thou didst them save,
But I am alone, from cradle to the grave.
They cried unto Thee, and they were not ashamed,
But I am a worm, despised and defamed.“
(Psalm 22:1–6)

My God,
Why hast Thou forsaken,
So far from helping me?

My God,
All hast Thou taken;
Day and night Thou hearest me weep.

My God,
I cry in the daytime,
But Thou hearest not.

My God,
Thou hast never replied —
Why don’t You hear me, God?

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Suffering
In eternal fire.
Uttering
My vile desire.
Pain
Is the consequence of
Hate,
Condemned for false pretense.

Torn toward
The desire that surroundeth me.
Lust and filth
Filled with unquenchable greed.
Chastised through
Open wounds and worn-out feet.
Denied and damned
Summoned to burn in endless heat.

And many of them that slept in the dust
Shall awake to everlasting life;
And some of them that slept in the dust
Shall awake to shame and everlasting suffering.

Suffering
In eternal fire.
Uttering
My vile desire.
Pain
Is the consequence of
Hate
Condemned for false pretense.

Suffering
Uttering
Pain
Hate

“And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against
Me:
for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched;
and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”
(Isaiah 66:24)

Suffering
In eternal fire.
Uttering
My vile desire.
Pain
Is the consequence of
Hate
Condemned for false pretense.

Suffering
Uttering
Pain
Hate

Korah, hear me now!
You have gone too far!
The Lord has sent me to do all these works.

Korah, son of Izhar,
You despised the Lord.
As the ground opens to Sheol, you will go.

Two hundred and fifty chiefs of the congregation
Stood against Thy holy word.
They all were well-known men,
They all were wicked men.

And Moses fell on his face:
“Tomorrow the Lord will show.
Take censers and light them up —
One of you shall be the holy one.”

Korah, hear me now!
You have gone too far!
The Lord has sent me to do all these works.

Korah, son of Izhar,
You despised the Lord.
As the ground opens to Sheol, you will go.

Moses!
You haven’t brought us to Thy holy land;
This is not where milk and honey flow.
You have led us with blinded eyes —
In the wilderness you make us die.

Now you make yourself a prince over us;
Will you put out the eyes of these men?
We will not come up!
We will never come up!

Korah, hear me now!
You have gone too far!
The Lord has sent me to do all these works.

Korah, son of Izhar,
You despised the Lord.
As the ground opens to Sheol, you will go.

“O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?”
(Numbers 16:22)

Korah, hear me now!
You have gone too far!
The Lord has sent me to do all these works.

Korah, son of Izhar,
You despised the Lord.
As the ground opens to Sheol, you will go.

And the ground opens its mouth

And swallows Korah and his congregation.
Their households and all their goods
Now belong to the depths of Sheol.

Two hundred and fifty men with incense
Are consumed by Thy holy fire.
Take their censers out of the blaze,
For they are holy now.

God is good.

Do not Suppose
That I have come to bring peace.

I came not
To send you peace, but a sword.

To set a man
At variance with his own flesh and blood,

And a daughter
At variance with her own mother.

„And a man’s foe
Shall be his own household.
He that loveth
Father or mother more than Me
Is not worthy of Me.“

Judging
Hideous
Grudging
Unjust

Judging, you are not worth Mine
Hideous, I am the Divine
Grudging, salvation is denied
Unjust, sacrifice your life

For salvation, for redemption
A comprehensive sacrifice
For salvation, for redemption
In barter for My paradise

For salvation, for redemption
A life devoid of beatitude
For salvation, for redemption
Extorted into gratitude

And to them
That taketh not the burden of their cross

And followeth Me
Is not worthy of My holiness

He that finds
His life shall lose it for Me

He that loses
His life shall find it for My sake

„And a man’s foe
Shall be his own household.
He that loveth
Father or mother more than Me.“
(Matthew 10:34–39)

Judging
Hideous
Grudging
Unjust

Judging, you are not worth Mine
Hideous, I am the Divine
Grudging, salvation is denied
Unjust, sacrifice your life.

And thus they purchase cleansing from all that is wicked and was.
Made undone the transgression, forgiven everything.

A harlot’s bargain frees from
The construct of human guilt.

Sell your soul for eternity.
A trade of greed for fear.

A trade of greed for fear.
A trade of greed for fear.

The indulgence, the guilt.
Mortality, a manmade sickness.

The indulgence, the guilt.
The trade promises us forgiveness.

The indulgence, the guilt.
A bargain born from fear of death.

The indulgence, the guilt.
The straw you cling to in your final breath.

And thus are the chambers filled, as they cling to the fear of death.
And thus the cups are filled, as they drink the brew of guilt.

Drawn out like poison
From an invisible wound.

Promises of transcendence
Lead to pure insanity.

„And what remains when the pockets are empty?
And what remains when the bodies are cold?
The shroud of death is all they leave you.
Give what you have and receive nothing.
Despair in poverty and become immortal in riches.
The indulgence — the bloodletting of God.“
(Acts 8:18–20)

The indulgence, the guilt.
Mortality, a manmade sickness.

The indulgence, the guilt.
The trade promises us forgiveness.

The indulgence, the guilt.
A bargain born from fear of death.

The indulgence, the guilt.
The straw you cling to in your final breath.

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