A Prayer Of Confession

O Lord, help me not to despise
or oppose what I do not understand.
To each one of us, the other
is a sick, hypocritical, self-righteous,
ethnically impure religious heretic
whom God is punishing.
We are all enemies
unworthy of discipleship.
We are poor souls who
neither have the time nor the resources
to maintain the harsh rites of religious purity.
Neither believes the other is capable
of attaining your grace.
We are all sinners, but you said
the promise is for all of us whom
the Lord calls to him and that
everyone who believes in your Son
shall not perish, but have eternal life.