Bring forth tears of repentance from the hardness of our hearts.

Almighty and supremely gentle God, you opened a spring of living water in the rock for the thirsty people. Remove the hardness from our hearts and grant us tears of repentance, so that we may weep for our sins and thus deserve forgiveness through your mercy.

(Prayer for the Compunction of the Heart, Roman Missal, ed. typ. 1962)