Our present path is wide and conducive to pleasures, but bitter will the Last Day be when the soul will part from the body. O man, beware of those pleasures, for the sake of the Kingdom of God. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me! Why do you mistreat the poor? Why do you withhold the worker's pay? Why do you not love your brother? Why do you pursue lust and pride? Abandon all that, my soul, and repent for the sake of the Kingdom of God. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me! O foolish man! How long will you bustle like a bee, gathering your wealth? It will soon perish like dust and ashes. Seek rather the Kingdom of God. Most Holy Theotokos, save us! Have mercy on me a sinner, O Lady Theotokos, and strengthen me in virtues. Protect me, so that insolent death may not seize me unprepared, and bring me, O Virgin, to the Kingdom of God. Canon to the Theotokos Most Holy Theotokos, save us! O Bride of God, who bore the Lord Pilot, still the tumult of my passions and the storm of my transgressions. Most Holy Theotokos, save us! Grant me the abyss of your kindness, upon which I call, O you who gave birth to the Compassionate One, the Savior of those who hymn you. Most Holy Theotokos, save us! Enjoying your gifts, O Pure One, we sing a hymn of thanksgiving to you whom we know to be the Mother of God. Most Holy Theotokos, save us! As you love good, O Theotokos, the only ever-Virgin, help me as I lie on my bed of illness and infirmity. Most Holy Theotokos, save us! We are delivered from every difficulty, O All-Hymned One, for we have you as our hope, our confirmation, and immovable wall. Canon to the Guardian Angel Holy Angel of the Lord, my Guardian, pray to God for me, a sinner! Pray to God Who loves mankind, my Guardian, and do not abandon me! Keep my life in peace and grant me invincible salvation. Holy Angel of the Lord, my Guardian, pray to God for me, a sinner! I received you from God, holy Angel, as a helper and guardian of my life. Free me from all harm, I pray you! Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: Cleanse my vileness with your holiness, my Guardian! May I be excluded from the left side through your prayers and become a partaker of glory. Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. I am bewildered by the evils that surround me, Most Pure One. Deliver me from them quickly, for I run only to you. ODE 5 Irmos: I pray Thee, O Good One: Enlighten with Thy Divine Light the souls which look to Thee from early dawn, that they may know Thee, O Word of God, as the True God Who calls them out from the darkness of sin. Canon of Repentance Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me! Remember, wretched man, how you have been enslaved to lies, slander, crime, infirmities, and wild beasts because of your sins. Is this what you wanted, my sinful soul?