Prayer for Forgiveness/Oración por el Perdón

O loving and kind God, have mercy. Have pity upon me and take away the awful stain of my transgressions. Oh, wash me, cleanse me from my guilt. Let me be pure. For I admit my shameful deeds--they haunt me day and night. It is against You and you alone I sinned. You saw it all,and your sentence against me is just. I was born a sinner, yes,from the moment my mother conceived me. You deserve honesty from the heart; yes, utter sincerity and truthfulness. Oh, give me this wisdom. Sprinkle me with the cleansing blood of Jesus and I shall be clean. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. Don't keep looking at my sins--erase them from your sight. Create in me a new, clean heart, O God, filled with clean thoughts and right desires. Don't toss me aside, banished forever from your presence. Fill my life with your Holy Spirit. Give me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. Then I will teach your ways to other sinners, and they--guilty like me--will repent and return to you. Don't sentence me to death. O my God, you alone can rescue me. Then I will sing of your forgiveness, for my lips will be unsealed--oh, how I will praise you. You don't want penance; if you did, how gladly I would do it! You aren't interested in offerings burned before you on the altar. It is a broken spirit you want--a repented heart. A broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not ignore. And Lord, don't punish my family for my sins--help them and protect them. And when my heart is right, then you will rejoice in the good that I do for the glory of Your Name. Amen.