“Where shall I begin to weep for the actions of my wretched life? What first-fruit shall I offer, O Christ, in this my lamentation?
But in Thy compassion grant me forgiveness of sins.
Come, wretched soul, with thy flesh to the Creator of all.
Make confession to Him, and abstain henceforth from thy past brutishness; and offer to God tears of repentance.”
St. Andrew of Crete