_Tone ii._ Who can narrate thy mightiness, O virgin one? for thou dost wonders gush, and pourest cures, and prayest for our souls, O thou divine and friend of Christ. Warm advocate and assailless wall, the spring of mercy and the world’s defence, to thee unceasingly we cry, God-bearing Queen, prevent thou us, and us from dangers free, thou that alone art quick to intercede. _Deacon._ Let us attend. _The first priest._ Peace to all. _Choir._ And to thy spirit. _Deacon._ Wisdom, let us attend. _Reader, the prokimenon, tone i._ Let thy mercy, O Lord, come upon us like as we have put our trust in thee. _Verse._ Rejoice, O ye righteous, in the Lord, for praise becometh the upright. _The epistle._ The lection of the catholic message of James. _And be it known that the epistle is read by the deacon, section lvii,_ Brethren, take for an example.... _ending_, availeth much.[15] _The first priest._ Peace to thee. Alleluia. _Tone viii. Verse._ I will sing unto thee of mercy and judgment, O Lord. _The gospel from Luke, section liii._ At that time, a certain lawyer.... _ending_, do thou likewise.[16] _Then_, Have mercy upon us, O God, according to thy great mercy, we pray thee, hear and have mercy. Lord, have mercy, _thrice_. Furthermore let us pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, and forgiveness of sins for the servant of God, _name_. Lord, have mercy, _thrice_. That to him may be remitted every iniquity, voluntary and involuntary, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy, _thrice_. _And the exclamation._ For a merciful and man-loving God thou art, and to thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Deacon._ Let us pray to the Lord. Lord have mercy. _Priest, the prayer._ O thou that art unbeginning, eternal, and in the holy of holies, who didst send down thine only-begotten Son, who healeth every infirmity and every wound of our souls and bodies; do thou send down thy Holy Ghost, and sanctify this oil, and let it be unto thine anointed servant, _name_, for a perfect deliverance from his sins, and for the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven. _Be it known that some say this prayer only thus far, with the exclamation,_ For it is thine to have mercy..... _But others say even unto the end,_