Orthodox Eastern Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Orthodox Eastern Church -- Prayers and devotions; Prayers
O Lord and Master Jesus Christ our God, Who alone hast power to absolve
men from their sins, for Thou art good and lovest mankind: forgive all my
transgressions done in knowledge or in ignorance, and make me worthy
without condemnation to have communion of Thy divine and glorious and
pure and life-creating mysteries. Let them not be for my punishment, or
for the increase of my sins. But let them be for my purification and
sanctification, as a promise of the life and Kingdom to come, a defense
and a help and a repulsion of every attacker and the removal of my many
transgressions. For Thou art a God of mercy and generosity and love for
mankind, and to Thee we ascribe glory, with the Father and the Holy
Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
5th Prayer, of St. Basil the Great
I know, O Lord, that I have communion unworthily of Thy most pure Body
and Thy most precious Blood, and that I am guilty and drink condemnation
to myself not discerning Thy Body and Blood, O my Christ and God. But
daring upon Thy generous loving-kindness I come to Thee Who hast said:
"He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him." Be
merciful, therefore, O Lord, and do not rebuke me, a sinner, but deal
with me according to Thy mercy, and let Thy holy things be for my
purification and healing, for enlightenment and protection, for the
repulsion of every tempting thought and action of the devil which works
spiritually in my fleshly members. Let them be for boldness and love for
Thee, for the correction and grounding of my life, for the increase of
virtue and perfection, for the fulfillment of Thy commandments, for the
communion of the Holy Spirit, for the journey of eternal life, for a good
and acceptable answer at Thy dread judgment, but not for judgment or
condemnation. Amen.
6th Prayer, of St. Simeon the New Theologian
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