That it may be manifested to the destruction of every counsel of visible and invisible enemies, let us pray to the Lord. For them that laid and draw thereof for the sanctification of houses, let us pray to the Lord. That it may be to the cleansing of soul and body of all that with faith draw and partake of it, let us pray to the Lord. That we may be counted worthy to be filled with sanctification through the partaking of these waters, by the invisible manifestation of the Holy Ghost, let us pray to the Lord. That the Lord God may hearken unto the voice of the prayer of us sinners, and have mercy upon us, let us pray to the Lord. For our deliverance from every affliction.... Help us, save us, have mercy.... Commemorating our most holy, most pure, most blessed.... _While these are being said, the priest saith this prayer secretly._ Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son, that art in the bosom of the Father, O thou true God, fountain of life and immortality, thou light of light, that camest into the world to enlighten it; do thou dawn upon our mind by thy Holy Ghost, and accept us offering magnifying and thanksgiving unto thee for thy wonderful mighty works from eternity, and for thy saving providence in these last ages, in which thou hast assumed our impotent and poor substance, and, condescending to the estate of a servant, who art King of all things, didst furthermore endure to be baptized in Jordan by the hand of a servant, that thou, the sinless one, having sanctified the nature of water, mightest lead us unto regeneration by water and the spirit, and stablish us in the aforetime liberty. And, celebrating the memory of this divine mystery, we beseech thee, O man-loving Master, Sprinkle thou also upon us, thine unworthy servants, according to thy divine promise, pure water, the gift of thy tenderness, that the prayer of us sinners over this water may be acceptable through thy grace, and that thereby thy blessing may be bestowed upon us and upon all thy faithful people, to the glory of thy holy and adorable name. For to thee is due all glory, honour, and worship, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. _And he saith to himself_, Amen. _And when the deacon hath finished the ectenia, the priest beginneth this prayer with a loud voice._ Great art thou, O Lord, and wonderful are thy works, and no word shall be sufficient for the praise of thy wonders. _Thrice._