World Youth Day USA Guides Retreat Manual | Page 39

Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose,

ALL: Remember your compassion and your

whose larger debt was forgiven.”

mercy, O LORD, for they are ages old.

He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
SIDE 1:
Then he turned to the woman and said to

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul,

Simon, “Do you see this woman?

my God, in you I trust;

When I entered your house,

do not let me be disgraced;

you did not give me water for my feet,

do not let my enemies gloat over me.

but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair.

ALL: Remember your compassion and your

You did not give me a kiss,

mercy, O LORD, for they are ages old.

but she has not ceased kissing my feet
since the time I entered.

SIDE 2:

You did not anoint my head with oil,

Make known to me your ways, O LORD;

but she anointed my feet with ointment.

teach me your paths.

So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven;

Guide me by your fidelity and teach me,

hence, she has shown great love.

for you are God my savior,

But the one to whom little is forgiven,

for you I wait all the day long.

loves little.”
ALL: Remember your compassion and your
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

mercy, O LORD, for they are ages old.

The others at table said to themselves,
“Who is this who even forgives sins?”

SIDE 1:

But he said to the woman,

Remember no more the sins of my youth;

“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

remember me according to your mercy,
because of your goodness, LORD.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Good and upright is the LORD,

ALL: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

therefore he shows sinners the way.

Psalm Response

ALL: Remember your compassion and your

(Ps. 25:1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12, 14, 16-18)

mercy, O LORD, for they are ages old.

Separate the group into “Side 1” and “Side 2”
to read the psalm response aloud.
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