I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants."'
I will get up and go to my father, and say to him "Father, I sinned against Heaven and against you;
And he got up and went to his father. But, while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was deeply moved; he ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him.
When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus' knees, exclaiming: "Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!"
For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in his good time,