O Dionysos, kindly prince of the Olympians,
I pray that you have mercy upon us who are
of the blood of the terrible Titans that splashed upon
the thigh of the fertile Earth when the children of Ouranos
waged war against King Zeus and his family;
through your liberating madness
and rites of deliverance we are able
to transcend our savage nature
and develop the strength and virtue
to cease doing the thoughtless, hurtful
and wicked things which we humans
so easily do to one another, O you who forgave
your foes and their kinsmen, and even admitted them
into your mighty army to fight beside you
against a much worse enemy.
If even such beings can be redeemed by you Lusios,
then I have hope that my stains may be washed away
in the pure stream of your compassion, my Lord.
[Confess anything that is troubling your conscience.]