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Jesus Christ (Savior)
Learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you will find rest for your souls (Matthew 11:29).
God! open my mouth, and my mouth will proclaim your praise: for you do not desire sacrifice, I would give it; you do not delight in a burnt offering.Sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit; You will not despise a contrite and humble heart, O God.
Adulterers and adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity against God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy to God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain: “The spirit that lives in us jealously loves”? But the greater grace gives; therefore it is said: "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (James 4:4-6).
Reverend Isaac the Syrian
PRAYER OF HUMILITY
Question.What are the benefits of humility?
Answer. Just as self-conceit is the dissipation of the soul in its dreaming, which leads it to soar and does not prevent it from soaring in the clouds of its thoughts, so that it circles all over the creature, so humility gathers the soul into silence, and it concentrates in itself. Just as the soul is unknowable and invisible to bodily eyes, so the humble man is not known among people. And just as the soul inside the body is hidden from sight and from communication with all people, so a truly humble-wise person, due to his separation from everyone and deprivation (arbitrary) in everything, not only does not want to be seen and known by people, but even this is his will. - if it is possible, from oneself to plunge into oneself, enter into silence and dwell in it, completely leaving all one's former thoughts and feelings, to become something, as if non-existent in the creature, not yet come into being, completely unknown even to the soul itself his. And while such a person is hidden, enclosed in himself and excommunicated from the world, he completely abides in his Lord.
The humble-minded never stops (does not find pleasure) to look at meetings, crowds, excitement, noise, revelry, troubles and pleasure, the result of which is intemperance; does not get involved in speeches, conversations, cliques and scattering of feelings, but prefers everything to be separated from everyone in silence, secluded and separated from all creation, taking care of himself in a silent country. In everything, diminution, non-acquisitiveness, need, poverty are desirable for him. It is desirable for him not only to have a lot in himself and to be in continuous affairs, but to remain free at all times, not to have worries, not to be indignant at the local, so that his thoughts do not proceed outside him. For he is sure that if he goes into many things, he will not be able to stay without confusion of thoughts, because in many cases there are many worries and a gathering of many-complex thoughts. And a person ceases already in the world of his thoughts to be above all earthly cares, with the exception of small, most necessary needs, and loses thought, preoccupied with its only best thoughts. If, however, needs do not cease to hold him back from the best thoughts, then he reaches a state in which he both suffers and does harm, and from that time on the door to passions opens, the silence of prudence is removed, humility flees and the door of peace is closed. According to all this, the humble-wise one constantly guards himself from many things and then finds himself at all times in silence, at rest, in peace, in meekness, in reverence.
In a humble man there is never fussiness, haste, embarrassment, hot and light thoughts, but at all times he is at peace. If the sky clung to the earth, the humble-minded would not be horrified. Not every silent man is humble-wise, but every humble-wise man is a silent man. He who is not humbly wise is not humiliated, but you will find many who are humiliated and unhumble. This is what the meek and humble Lord said: “Learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:29). The humble wise man is at rest at all times, because there is nothing to set his mind in motion or in horror. Just as no one can frighten a mountain, so his mind is fearless. And, if I may say so (and perhaps it is not inappropriate to say so), the humble “of this world” (John 8:23); because even in sorrow he is not horrified and does not change, and in joy he does not marvel and does not expand. But all his joy and true joy are in his Lord. Humility of mind is followed by meekness and concentration in oneself, i.e. chastity of feelings, proportionality of voice, taciturnity, neglect of oneself, poor clothes, haughty gait, inclination of the eyes down, superiority in mercy, a quick outpouring of tears, a solitary soul, a contrite heart, immobility to irritation, unsquandered feelings, smallness of property, diminishing in every need , enduring everything, patience, fearlessness, hardness of heart, coming from hatred of temporary life, patience in temptations, weighty, and not light thoughts, quenching thoughts, keeping the secrets of chastity, modesty, reverence, and above all this, unceasing silence and always accusing him of ignorance.
A humble man never encounters such a need that would lead him into confusion or confusion. A humble man sometimes, being alone, is ashamed of himself. I marvel that a truly humble man does not even dare to pray to God when he starts to pray, or consider himself worthy of prayer, or ask for something else, and does not know what to pray for, but only keeps silent with all his thoughts, expecting only mercy and of that pleasure which comes to him from the Person of the venerable Majesty, when he bows his face to the earth, and the inner vision of his heart is lifted up to the exalted gates into the Holy of Holies, where is He Whose dwelling is darkness, Who dulls the eyes of the Seraphim, Whose virtue stirs the legions to their standing, Who pours out silence on all their ranks. And he only dares to speak and pray like this: “According to Your will, Lord, be with me!” We will say the same about ourselves. Amen.
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Prayer for humility.
hear and have mercy on me!
From the desire to avoid resentment.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to assert their opinion.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire that my advice be accepted.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be the first.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be loved.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being unknown.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being misunderstood.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being humiliated.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed.
Deliver me, Jesus!
When others are accepted, but they do not notice me.
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others.
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Lest I acquire a high position.
So that for the sake of Your Glory I would willingly do unpleasant things.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in the orders of the elders I could see the will of God.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in deeds, as well as in words, I forgave insults.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that I treat everyone with love, and especially those who.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I may love poverty and humiliation.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us. God!
Selected prayers of Fr. Alexandra Men
Prayer for Humility
Lord have mercy! Christ, have mercy!
Jesus meek and lowly in heart,
hear and have mercy on me!
Heavenly Father, God, have mercy on us!
Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us!
Holy God, have mercy on us!
From the desire to avoid resentment
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to assert your opinion
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting my advice to be taken
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be first
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be loved
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being unknown
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being misunderstood
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being humiliated
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed
Deliver me, Jesus!
When others are valued more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are accepted, but they do not notice me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are considered more righteous than me,
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are loved more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Lest I gain a high position
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That for the sake of Your Glory I willingly performed unpleasant duties
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in the orders of the elders I saw the will of God
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in deed, as in words, I forgave insults
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I may treat everyone with love, and especially those who
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I love poverty and humiliation
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, Lord!
Jesus, meek and lowly in heart,
hear my prayers and give according to your mercy,
So that I gladly agree to be invisible on earth,
and that my joy would be Your Glory and Love!
Prayer for the Gift of Wisdom and Love
but wisdom and love
Give us some spark
Your wisdom and love
sealed in your word.
From the memorial day sermon
Rev. Andrew of Crete
Prayer for Unity
Lord, Jesus Christ!
You told us where two or three are gathered in my name,
I am there among them.
You didn't want people to walk alone through life
You brought us together to be one family.
Let us fulfill Your new commandment,
that we may love one another as You have loved us.
Give us patience, indulgence
and power over yourself.
May we be one as You are one with the Father and the Spirit,
according to your prayer and commandment.
To shine our light in this dark world,
and people know your love
in the love of the Father, in the salvation of the Son
and in the communion of the Holy Spirit.
Evening prayer
Lord Jesus Christ!
At this evening hour, in this city,
where your blessing rested,
among all suffering, sins and troubles,
You who suffered and took upon yourself
ulcers of the human race,
because he loved us
You who came here
Lord, you carried the Cross
teach us to bear suffering and labor for the sake of those close to us.
Lord Jesus Christ,
You see our ulcers and our infirmities,
pour strength into us, make us firm, courageous,
Your Divine Gospel.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Give us the days that You let us go
to carry as a banner Your Cross.
Lord Jesus Christ, help us.
Thank you for all the wonderful
what You give us in nature, in the temple,
in the Sacrament, in Your Holy Scripture,
in what people inspired by you have written,
in our loved ones, in our loved ones,
in everything that captivates us, excites, surprises.
We thank you for everything, Lord.
Let us be the true bearers of Your Name.
Prayers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Like your mother
following You in firmness and hope,
composed in her heart
so we will compose these words,
so that in the dark night of life they us
strengthened and gave us strength.
grieving, dejected, sinners,
before which there is also a choice:
or the Lord will be for us to fall,
or for rebellion.
Prayers before confession
Lord, You are our first and last love, You are the One for Whom we live, in Whom we live,
which we aspire to
Forgive us for being believers, but our faith is so small;
we are praying, but our prayer is so weak! How rarely do we meet in true prayer!
And our word, addressed to You, turns into soulless mumbling.
Forgive us, Lord, for standing in front of an icon, opening a prayer book or Holy Scripture, even getting ready to receive the Holy Mysteries, we are distracted, our thoughts wander somewhere sluggish, dull, tired.
How guilty we are before You that we are often present in the temple during a common prayer only with our feet, as it were, while our heart, insensitive and cold, remains somewhere far away.
Forgive us, Lord, that we are neither cold nor hot, that we are half warm, that our faith is often inactive.
We are guilty before You, Lord, for the weakness of our faith, for the lack of faith of the mind, when attacks against faith stuck in our hearts. They are guilty that they testified badly about their faith, did not want to delve into its essence, that they were ashamed and renounced it.
We are to blame for the lack of faith in our hearts when, in difficult circumstances of life, we began to grumble, instead of completely surrendering to You.
Lord, we live as if You
with us only on Sunday, at mass, and the rest of the time we live away from You, on our own.
Forgive us, Lord, for those days when we forget about You at all!
How can I find humility?
Elder Herman Stavrovuniot
He who has humility imitates Christ Himself. Such a person never loses his temper, does not condemn anyone and does not exalt himself. Never craves power, avoids human glory. Doesn't fight for any reason.
He is not bold when he talks, and always listens to other people's advice. Avoids beautiful clothes appearance its simple and modest.
A person who meekly endures all humiliation and humiliation receives great benefit from this. Therefore, do not be sad, but, on the contrary, rejoice in the fact that you are suffering. In doing so, you acquire the precious humility that saves you.
“I humbled myself, and He saved me” (Ps. 115:5). These words should always be kept in mind.
Don't be upset when you are judged. Sadness over such an occasion means that you have vanity. He who wants to be saved must love people's contempt, because contempt brings humility. And humility frees a person from many temptations.
Never be jealous, do not envy, do not strive for fame, do not look for high positions. Try to always live inconspicuously. It is better that the world does not know you, because the world leads to temptation. With his vain speeches and empty incitements, he deceives us and does us spiritual harm.
Your goal should be to acquire humility. Be below everyone. Consider that you are not doing anything worthy of your salvation. You must pray to God to save you according to your mercy.
Humility, obedience and fasting give rise to the fear of God, and the fear of God is the beginning of true wisdom.
Everything you do, do it with humility, so as not to suffer from your own good deeds. Do not think that only those who work hard receive great rewards. He who has a good intention and with it humility, even without being able to do much and without being skillful in anything, will be saved.
Humility is achieved by self-reproach, that is, by the conviction that in essence you are not doing anything good. Woe to him who considers his sins insignificant. He will surely fall into a graver sin.
A person who humbly bears all the condemnation directed at him approaches perfection. Even the Angels admire him, because there is no more difficult and greater virtue than humility.
Poverty, sorrow and contempt are crowns for a monk. When a monk meekly endures rudeness, slander and contempt, he is easily freed from bad thoughts.
Worthy of praise is the realization of one's weakness before God. It is self-knowledge. “I weep and lament,” says St. Simeon the New Theologian, “when the light illuminates me, and I see my poverty and know where I am.” When a person recognizes his spiritual poverty and realizes what level he really is at, then the light of Christ will shine in his soul, and he will begin to cry (telling about this, the elder was moved and wept himself).
If another person calls you an egoist, do not let it sadden or upset you. Just think to yourself: “Perhaps I am like that and I don’t understand it myself.” One way or another, we should not depend on someone else's opinion. Let everyone look into their own conscience and be guided by the words of experienced and knowledgeable friends, and above all, ask for forgiveness from their confessor. And on the basis of all this he builds his spiritual path.
You write that you can't fight. Do you know why this happens? Because you don't have enough humility. You think that you can only achieve this on your own. But when you humble yourself and say: “By the power of Christ, the help of the Mother of God and the prayer of the elder, I will achieve what I want,” be sure that you will succeed.
Of course, I don’t have such prayer power, but when you, having humbled yourself, say: “With the prayer of the elder, I can do anything,” then, in your humility, the grace of God will begin to act, and everything will work out.
God looks to the “humble and contrite” (Isaiah 66:2). But for meekness, calmness and humility to come, labor is necessary. This work is rewarded. To find humility, it seems to me, one does not need numerous bows and obediences, but first of all, your thoughts must go down to the very earth. Then you will not be afraid to fall, because you are already below. And if you fall down, you won't get hurt.
In my opinion, although I certainly do not read much and do nothing outstanding, humility is the shortest path to the salvation of man. Abba Isaiah says: "Teach your tongue to ask for forgiveness, and humility will come to you." Train yourself to say “Forgive me”, even if it is unconscious at first, and gradually you will get used to not only saying these words, but also feeling it in your heart.
The saints teach that how great will be your favor when you ask for forgiveness - in other words, humility - so God will enlighten the other so that the desired truce between you is achieved. When you lament and say, "I am guilty, but I don't realize it," soon you will be able to say, "Yes, I am indeed guilty." And when you convince yourself that you are truly to blame, the other person will also change his attitude towards you.
Persistently ask God to endow you with the gift of self-reproach and humility.
Praying, ask God to give you the ability to see only your sins and not notice the sins of others. “Grant me to see my sins and not condemn my brother,” says St. Ephraim the Syrian.
A humble person considers himself the lowest of all. And therefore he loves everyone, forgives everyone and, most importantly, does not condemn anyone.
Translation from modern Greek: the editors of the online publication "Pemptusia"
Elder Herman Stavrovuniot
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PRAYER OF HUMILITY
According to Your will, Lord, be with me!
Learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you will find rest for your souls (Matthew 11:29).
God! open my mouth, and my mouth will proclaim your praise: for you do not desire sacrifice, I would give it; you do not delight in a burnt offering. Sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit; You will not despise a contrite and humble heart, O God.
Adulterers and adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity against God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy to God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain: “The spirit that lives in us jealously loves”? But the greater grace gives; therefore it is said: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:4-6).
PRAYER OF HUMILITY
Question. What are the benefits of humility?
Answer. Just as self-conceit is the dissipation of the soul in its dreaming, which leads it to soar and does not prevent it from soaring in the clouds of its thoughts, so that it whirls all over the creature, so humility gathers the soul into silence, and it concentrates in itself. Just as the soul is unknowable and invisible to bodily eyes, so the humble man is not known among people. And just as the soul inside the body is hidden from sight and from communication with all people, so a truly humble-wise person, due to his separation from everyone and deprivation (arbitrary) in everything, not only does not want to be seen and known by people, but even this is his will. - if possible, from oneself to plunge into oneself, enter into silence and dwell in it, completely leaving all one's former thoughts and feelings, to become something, as it were, non-existent in the creature, not yet come into being, completely unknown even to the soul itself his. And while such a person is hidden, enclosed in himself and excommunicated from the world, he completely abides in his Lord.
The humble-minded never stops (does not find pleasure) to look at meetings, crowds, excitement, noise, revelry, troubles and pleasure, the result of which is intemperance; does not get involved in speeches, conversations, cliques and scattering of feelings, but prefers everything to be separated from everyone in silence, secluded and separated from all creation, taking care of himself in a silent country. In everything, diminution, non-acquisitiveness, need, poverty are desirable for him. It is desirable for him not only to have a lot in himself and to be in continuous affairs, but to remain free at all times, not to have worries, not to be indignant at the local, so that his thoughts do not proceed outside him. For he is sure that if he goes into many things, he will not be able to stay without confusion of thoughts, because in many cases there are many worries and a gathering of many-complex thoughts. And a person ceases already in the world of his thoughts to be above all earthly cares, with the exception of small, most necessary needs, and loses thought, preoccupied with its only best thoughts. If, however, needs do not cease to hold him back from the best thoughts, then he reaches a state in which he both suffers and does harm - and from that time on, the door to passions opens, the silence of rationality is removed, humility flees and the door of peace is closed. According to all this, the humble-wise one constantly guards himself from many things and then finds himself at all times in silence, at rest, at peace, in meekness, in reverence.
In a humble man there is never fussiness, haste, embarrassment, hot and light thoughts, but at all times he is at peace. If the sky clung to the earth, the humble-minded would not be horrified. Not every silent man is humble-wise, but every humble-wise man is a silent man. He who is not humbly wise is not humiliated, but you will find many who are humiliated and unhumble. This is what the meek and humble Lord said: “Learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:29). The humble wise man is at rest at all times, because there is nothing to set his mind in motion or in horror. Just as no one can frighten a mountain, so his mind is fearless. And, if I may say so (and perhaps it is not inappropriate to say so), the humble “of this world” (John 8:23); because even in sorrow he is not horrified and does not change, and in joy he does not marvel and does not expand. But all his joy and true joy are in his Lord. Humility of mind is followed by meekness and concentration in oneself, i.e. chastity of feelings, proportionality of voice, taciturnity, neglect of oneself, poor clothes, haughty gait, inclination of the eyes to the bottom, superiority in mercy, a quick outpouring of tears, a solitary soul, a contrite heart, immobility to irritation, unsquandered feelings, smallness of property, diminishing in every need enduring everything, patience, fearlessness, firmness of heart, coming from hatred of temporary life, patience in temptations, weighty, and not light thoughts, quenching thoughts, keeping the secrets of chastity, modesty, reverence, and above all this, unceasing silence and always accusing him of ignorance.
A humble man never encounters such a need that would lead him into confusion or confusion. A humble man sometimes, being alone, is ashamed of himself. I marvel that the truly humble man does not even dare to pray to God when he starts to pray, or consider himself worthy of prayer, or ask for something else, and does not know what to pray for, but only keeps silent with all his thoughts, expecting only mercy and of that pleasure which comes to him from the Person of the venerable Majesty, when he bows his face to the earth, and the inner vision of his heart is lifted up to the exalted gates into the Holy of Holies, where is He, Whose village is darkness, Who dulls the eyes of the Seraphim, Whose virtue stirs the legions to their standing, Who pours out silence on all their ranks. And he only dares to speak and pray like this: “According to Your will, Lord, be with me!” We will say the same about ourselves. Amen.
Complete collection and description: a prayer for patience and humility for the spiritual life of a believer.
“If someone offends you,” the elder said to one nun as an edification, “do not tell anyone except the elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, regardless of whether they bow to you or not. You need to humble yourself in front of everyone. If we have not committed the crimes that others have committed, then this may be because we did not have the opportunity to do so: the situation and circumstances were different. In every person there is something good and kind, but we usually see only vices in people, but we do not see the good.
Speaking about the fact that one cannot be saved without humility, the elder gave the following example: “One lady saw in a dream the Lord Jesus and before Him a crowd of people. At His call, a peasant girl came up to Him first, and then a peasant in bast shoes, and then all the people of the peasant class. The lady thought that for her simplicity, kindness, and in general for all the virtues, the Lord would call to Himself. Imagine her surprise when she saw that the Lord had already stopped calling. She made up her mind to remind the Lord of herself, but He turned away from her. Then the lady fell to the ground and began to humbly admit that she was really worse than everyone else and unworthy to be in the Kingdom of Heaven. Then the elder added: “But such and such are suitable, such and such are needed there.”
When you are annoyed, never ask why and why. This is nowhere in Scripture. There, on the contrary, it is said: if someone strikes you on the right side of your cheek, turn the other to him as well. In fact, it is inconvenient to hit the gum on the cheek, but you need to understand it this way: if someone slanders you or annoys you innocently with something, this will mean an emphasis on the gum of the cheek. Do not grumble, but endure this blow patiently, substituting your left cheek, that is, remembering your wrong deeds. And if, perhaps, you are now innocent, then you have sinned a lot before, and by this you will be convinced that you are worthy of punishment.
Elisha endured, Moses endured, Elijah endured, so I will endure.
“Father! Teach me patience,” said one sister. “Learn,” the elder replied, “and start with patience with the troubles that are and are encountered.” “I can’t understand how you can not be indignant at insults and injustices.” The answer of the elder: "Be fair yourself and do not offend anyone."
If someone from the brethren, out of cowardice and impatience, grieved over the fact that they had not been introduced to the mantle or to hierodeaconism and hieromonasticism for a long time, the elder used to say this for edification: “This, brother, everything will come in due time. Everyone will give; no one will do good deeds."
Remembrance, envy, hatred and similar passions lie within and are born and grow from the inner root of self-love. No matter how you chop the branches from the outside, as long as this root is damp and fresh and no means are used to cut off the internal branches of this root, through which harmful moisture penetrates and grows external offspring, the labor will be in vain.
The ax to the destruction of the root of self-love is faith, humility, obedience and cutting off one's own desires and understandings.
Once the elder said at a general blessing: “God visits only the humble with His mercy.” After that, after a short pause, he suddenly added: Watch out, oh, as if you don’t know the day, not even an hour (Matthew 25:13). A few minutes later, right there, with a general blessing, the priest was informed of the death of one skete novice (Alexei of Kronstadt).
To the words of one pilgrim who stood near the elder that pride hinders everyone, he replied: “Wrap yourself up in humility, then if the sky clings to the earth, it won’t be scary.”
Remember also what was said in the psalm: All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth. (Ps. 24:10). That is, one should show mercy and all indulgence to one's neighbor. And from themselves to demand all truth - the fulfillment of the commandments of the Lord. Try to imitate that reverend mother who, seeing envy and hatred towards herself and hearing various slanders, said to herself: "I am unworthy of their love." And when you find embarrassment for these reasons, repeat the Psalm word: Peace to many who love your law, and bear no temptation for them. (Ps. 119:165).
Question: “Is it possible to desire perfection in the spiritual life?” The elder’s answer: “Not only can one desire, but one must also strive to improve in humility, that is, in considering oneself in the feeling of the heart as worse and lower than all people and every creature.” Elder Ambrose also spoke as an edification to his disciples about humility: “I came to the rector, Fr. Archimandrite Moses had one visitor, but, not finding him at home, he went to his brother, Fr. Abbot Anthony. In the middle of the conversation, the guest asked Fr. abbot: “Tell me, father, what rule do you follow?” Father Anthony answered: “I had many rules, I lived in the desert and in monasteries, and all the rules were different, and now there is only one publican: “God, be merciful to me a sinner!” At the same time, the father added another story about how she all wanted to wander back and forth - both to Kiev and Zadonsk, and the elder alone said to her: “All this is not good for you, but sit better at home and do the tax collector prayer."
“As soon as a person humbles himself,” the elder used to say, “how humility immediately sets him on the threshold of the Kingdom of Heaven,” which, let’s add to this the apostolic words, is not food and drink, but truth and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17).
“The Kingdom of God,” the elder used to say, “is not in words, but in power; you need to interpret less, be more silent, do not condemn anyone, and all my respect.
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Prayers for Patience
Praise be to Thee, Father of Mercy and God of all comfort, that Thou never leaves Thy sufferers without visitation and consolation. Punish - you punish them, but you do not put them to death; although you are often their hidden God, you are their Savior. Imprint this consolation, O Lord, in my heart and show it true over me when disaster is near, but there is no helper. Be my light when I sit in darkness; make the knowledge of my sins and what they deserve produce in me true humility and patience. Strengthen, when trouble comes, faith in me, as in Jacob, so that I fight and do not let You go until You bless me. Make sure that I do not run away from You in suffering, O my Shepherd, but that my vigor increases and I become more zealous for Your prayer and praise. Open my mind so that I may understand the Scriptures, learn from it Thy ways, and in true silence of heart, completely and completely surrender to Thee, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord! Amen.
Father of mercy and God of all comfort! I call on you in the name of Jesus Christ to grant me true Christian patience. Arm me with it against every tribulation, so that I may be patient in it, for it is very precious. Make me ready to take up the cross of Christ upon myself, bear it patiently, and stand firmly under it to the end. Cast away from me every grumbling and every annoyance of the flesh at the weight of the cross and the duration of its time. Appear, O beloved Jesus, with Your patience under the cross and on the cross, appear before my eyes and my heart, so that by contemplating You I may be encouraged and strengthened to constantly endure everything. Do it, O patient Savior, so that I do not become weary in my spirit, but in patience, let me enter through suffering and sorrow into the Kingdom of God. I need to have patience so that, having done the will of God, I can receive the promise. I ask him from You, deign to fulfill my petition!
Satisfy the illnesses of my many-sighing soul, which has quenched every tear from the face of the earth: You drive away people's illnesses and resolve sinful sorrows, for you gain all hope and affirmation, Blessed Mother Virgin! You intercede to all, Good, resorting with faith to Your sovereign cover: otherwise, the imams are not sinners to God in troubles and sorrows for ever deliverance, burden the sins of many, Mother of God the Most High! We fall down the same to Thee: deliver Thy servants from every circumstance! No one who flows to You is put to shame and proceeds from You, most pure Mother of God Virgin: but asks for grace and accepts the gift for a useful petition. Fulfill, Pure, joy my heart, Your imperishable joy, giving birth to Guilty joy! Fill my heart with joy, Devo, who accepts fulfillment of joy, consumes sinful sorrow!
Lord, hear my prayer, give ear to my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness, and enter not into judgment with Thy servant, for no one living is justified before Thee. As if the enemy chased my soul, humbled my stomach to eat in the ground, planted me to eat in dark, like dead centuries. And my spirit is in me, my heart is troubled in me. I remember the days of old, learn from all your deeds, learn from your hand in creation. Lift up my hands to Thee, my soul, as the earth is waterless to Thee. Hear me soon, O Lord, my spirit is gone; Turn not away Your face from me, and I will be like those who go down into the pit. I hear, do me Thy mercy in the morning, as if on Thee hopes. Tell me, O Lord, I will go the way, for I have taken my soul to Thee. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, I have resorted to You. Teach me to do Your will, as You are my God. Your Good Spirit will guide me to the land of right. For Thy name's sake, O Lord, live me, in Thy righteousness bring my soul out of sorrow. And by Thy mercy consume my enemies and destroy all the aching souls of my soul, as I am Thy servant.
Orthodox prayers that the ascetics prayed in private
Prayers with three bows, how to get out of bed in the morning:Lord, bless me this day to pass without sin and all the days of my life do not leave me, lest I perish, I am accursed. ( Bow)
Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, do not leave me from Your intercession, but on this day, and all the days of my life, I will not perish, damned. ( Bow)
Angel of God, my holy Guardian, save me on this day without sin and all the days of my stomach from every misfortune, but for my iniquity I will not perish. ( Bow)
When you wake up say: Glory to Thee, Christ my God, that You did not destroy me with my iniquities, but until now You still bear my sins. Give me, Lord, to lay a good start, so that on this coming day, neither by deed nor thought, not to anger You, my Creator, but so that all deeds, desires, advice and thoughts be to the glory of Your Most Pure Name.
Before prayers: Lord, bless me to bring you my prayers and supplications to your compassion for my insignificance.
morning prayer: To you God and my Creator in the Holy Trinity, the glorious Father and Son and the Holy Spirit, I worship and entrust my soul and body, and pray: You bless me, You have mercy on me, and deliver me from all worldly, diabolical, and bodily evil. And let this day pass in the world without sin, to Your glory, and to the salvation of my soul, Amen.
The Beginning of Prayers (St. Simeon the New Theologian): I am not worthy, Lord, to speak before You, because I am very sinful.
About those who did harm to you: I beg you, Lord, especially for those who offended me and grieved me in some way or did some evil, do not punish them for the sake of a sinner, but pour Your grace on them.
About those whom you have harmed: Lord, I pray to You for all whom I, a sinner, grieved, offended or seduced by word, deed, thought, knowledge or ignorance, do not leave them with Your mercy, help them and save them.
Prayer for the calling of the saints: Holy God and resting on the Saints, remembering Your Saints and praising their God-pleasing life, You Himself, who acted in them, diligently pray to Thee: let me, a sinner, follow their teaching, life, greetings, faith, longsuffering, love, and their prayer allowance, more than Thy omnipotent grace, heavenly with them be honored with glory and praise Thy Most Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
Before reading the Word of God: Open, O Lord, my eyes, and I will understand miracles from Your Law. I am a wanderer on earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
Before entering the temple of God: Lord, I will enter into Your house, I will bow to Your holy temple, in Your fear.
When starting any business: Lord, bless me when I start this work, send Your holy help, so that I can accomplish it.
By edifying conversation: God! Don't judge me for saying this!
About the man who offended
: Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on this brother and me, Thy indecent servant, and cover us from the evil one with the prayers of Thy saints;
Against enemy fear
For wicked thoughts
During the temptation: Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
With success in work and with joyful news of something: Glory to Thee God, Glory to Thee God, my Benefactor, forever and ever.
When leaving home on a trip or to work, turning your face to the icons
In sorrow (spiritual recipe of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov): Glory to Thee, my God, for sent grief; worthy according to my deeds I accept; remember me Lord in your kingdom!
When you offer prayer for others: Lord, bless me to bring prayers and prayers to Your Mercy for my insignificance and for all my relatives and known, both living and deceased, for whom You died on the cross.
Over the past day or night: Lord God! Forgive me all your name for the sake of your holy one and heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.
Saint Nicholas: Holy Hierarch of God, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Do not be silent for us, crying out to the Lord of all, You stand before Him with all the saints.
Prayer of the schema woman: Lord, save everyone from the first to the last, enter into the Kingdom of Heaven all those who feed on Your most pure Blood, have mercy on Your creation and forgive my sins and those who believe in Your holy name.
Venerable Silouan of Athos: Merciful Lord, by the Holy Spirit teach us Thy humility.
About prayer: Teach me, Lord, to pray fervently to You with attention and love, without which the prayer is not heard. May I not have a careless prayer for my sin.
At the beginning of the prayer: God, be merciful to me, your sinful and indecent servant.
Prayer of Elder Theodore of Sankaret: Lord, forgive me my sins and do not deprive me of Your mercy, grant me victory and overcoming the enemy and all passions.
Prayer of St. Joasaph of Belgorod: Blessed be the day and hour, in which my Lord Jesus Christ was born for me: you endured the crucifixion and suffered death.
When despondency finds on the soul: Lord, my God, deliver me from the mouth of the destructive serpent, yawning, devour me and my conscience is alive in hell.
During mental turmoil: Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner! Holy Mother of God, help me! Don't leave me! Beg Your Son for me a sinner!
When you do something good: Glory to Thy long-suffering, Lord! Glory to Your love of mankind, Lord! Glory to Your goodness, Holy One!
When you forgot, recollecting yourself, speak: Do not leave me, O Lord my God, depart from me below: I turned my spiritual eyes away from You, You, my Creator, do not turn Your face away from me, look at me and have mercy on me.
Prayer for the newly deceased: Rest, Lord, the soul of the departed newly-departed Thy servant (name) and forgive her every sin, voluntary and involuntary.
For the blessing of food and drink: Lord Jesus Christ our God, bless our food and drink with the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother and all Your saints, for you are blessed forever. Amen. (Baptize food and drink)
On deliverance from temptations (St. Simeon the New Theologian): Do not let me, Lord God, temptation, or sorrow, or illness beyond my strength, but deliver them from them, or grant me the strength to endure them with thanksgiving.
When despondency or hardening of the heart sets in before prayer: Lord, I have neither compunction, nor zeal, nor contrition to pray properly.
About repose: Remember, Lord, in Your Kingdom of Heaven, the departed servants of Yours (names) and forgive them all their sins and make them worthy of eternal life.
For the dead (Prayer of St. Anthony of Optina): Look with mercy, Omnipotent Mother of God, on the soul of Your deceased servant (name) and pray to Your Son and our God for the sins of youth and ignorance, do not remember him and with Your holy and all-powerful prayers, make him reign with the saints in eternal glory, for You are the salvation of the Christian race and grace has been given to you to pray for us.
Prayer for the sick: Lord, make this disease be a cleansing of many of my sins.
Prayer for the Lost: God! Enlighten the lost (names), convert them to Your Holy Church and save them by Your omnipotent grace! Keep us in Orthodoxy and the true faith, for you are blessed forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for children: Lord God Almighty, be merciful to my children, bring them to faith and salvation, keep them under Your shelter, cover them from every crafty lust, drive away from them every enemy and adversary, open their ears and eyes of the heart, grant tenderness and humility their hearts.
If anyone is disobedient (Elder Silouan of Athos): Lord, enlighten your servant, You love him.
Prayer of self-reproach: God! You see how I have sinned (a), I condemn others, I see more other people's shortcomings than my own.
When in the darkness of sin: Help me, Lord my God, help me soon and do not leave me anymore in this sinful darkness.
On the granting of prayer for offenders: Give us a prayer for those who hate and offend us, God bless.
Bad thoughts must be driven away by prayer: Lord, have mercy on me, for I am weak.
We need to talk about grief: Good for me, for thou hast humbled me, O Lord.
When you go to ask your spiritual father: Oh my God! Have mercy on me and inspire the father to give me an answer.
To say good: Lord Jesus Christ! Bless these words and what is needed, inspire to say to Your glory.
Forever mournful: Glory to Thee, Lord!
At the time of leaving you by the grace of God, with spiritual hardship: You, Lord, leave me for sins, but I will not depart from You and will relentlessly pray for mercy.
in despair: Lord, save me who is perishing.
On whom do you grieve in anger, temptations: Save, Lord, and have mercy on (name) and help me with her holy prayers, damned (oh) and sinner (oh).
About the man who offended: Lord, with his holy prayers, give me humility and patience.
About the one who spoke badly about you: Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on this brother and me, Thy indecent servant, and cover us from the evil one with the prayers of Thy saints.
Lord, help me get better.
Against enemy fear: Lord, from the fear of the enemy, deliver my soul.
For wicked thoughts: Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak.
During the temptation: Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
With success in work; and with joyful news of something about: Glory to Thee God, Glory to Thee God, my Benefactor, forever and ever.
When leaving the house on a trip or to work (turning the face to the icons): Lord, direct my path to goodness.
Passing by the Church, icons and the Holy Cross on the way: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
Against thoughts of vanity and pride: Lord, Lord my God, take away the spirit of vanity and pride from me: grant the spirit of humility to me, Thy servant.
When you see the sins of your neighbor: Lord, let me see my sins and do not judge my neighbor.
When you drown in the confusion of thoughts: Lord, save me, I'm dying.
When you made a mistake: I have sinned, Lord, forgive; Mother of God, save me; Holy Angel, save me.
Either you're wrong or you're wrong: Offended You, my Savior, forgive me.
Venerable Simeon the New Theologian c: Have mercy on me, Lord God, I am worse than all people, worse than dumb reptiles and beasts of all. I have sinned the most.
For the benefactors: Save, O Lord, and have mercy on Thy servants who have mercy and nourish us. Deliver them, Lord, from every sorrow, anger and need, from every disease of the soul and body, and forgive them for every sin, voluntary and involuntary, and have mercy on us, for Thy mercy's sake, as Good and Humanitarian.
When it's hard on the soul: Lord, with the prayers of my confessor (name), have mercy on me.
For slanderers and offenders: Lord, have mercy on them, they do not know what they are doing.
About forgiveness in bad thoughts: Lord, Lord, forgive me that I have thought contrary to Your will in knowledge or ignorance, for Your mercy is forever.
About the gift to say a word for the benefit of the soul: Lord, what is pleasing to You for the salvation of the soul of a brother, give me: so that I can tell him, and so that I can say Your word, and not mine.
Prayer of the sick: Lord, You see my illness, You know how sinful and weak I am; help me to endure and thank Your goodness.
When at a loss: Lord, You see, Merciful, that my soul is at a loss, and I am afraid to sin, enlighten me, Lord.
Against passion and indignation: Lord, I cannot resist the passions by myself. Send your help.
About prayer: Our Heavenly Father! You yourself teach us to pray, in the image of the weight of fate!
Prayer for persecutors and despisers of the faith: God! Turn to Thee the hearts of our enemies, and if it is not possible to turn hardened already, then put a barrier to the spill of their evil and protect Your chosen ones from them.
About the gift of prayer: Holy Mother of God! Grant me the unceasing Jesus Prayer.
Brief Prayer Before Reading Scripture: We beseech Thee, O Lord, Source of all enlightenment, open to us the understanding of the Scriptures.
Prayer after reading the Holy Gospel: Lord Jesus Christ, my Son of God, with the words of Your Divine Gospel, pour out Your grace into my heart for the destruction of my passions and sins and grant me strength for correction in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Prayer to the Lord for the gift of patience: O wondrous Creator, philanthropic Lord, many-merciful Lord! With a contrite and humble heart, I pray to Thee: do not disdain my sinful prayer, do not reject my tears and sighs, hear me, like a Canaanite, do not despise me, like a harlot, show on me, a sinner, the great mercy of Your philanthropy, protect Your honest robe, have mercy and strengthen me, so that I will endure all the misfortunes and misfortunes sent from You, with thanksgiving, in the hope of eternal blessings; Rather, turn my sadness into joy, but I will not fall into despair and perish like a cursed one. You are the source of mercy and the shameless salvation of our hope, Christ our God, and we send glory to You, with Your Father without beginning and with Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Ascetic Eustratius Glinsky: Lord, grant me the spirit of meekness, so that I may be meek towards my neighbors and refrain from anger. Grant me the spirit of humility, so that I do not think highly of myself and do not be proud.
Rev. Ambrose of Optina advised to confess words more often: "I foresee the Lord before me, as if I were at my right hand, but I would not move."
Holy Martyr John of Tobolsk: My God, my God! You are omnipotent and desire the purity of the soul, be merciful, help me, a sinner, to fulfill Your teaching exactly and thereby achieve salvation.
Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt: Lord, grant me a simple, gentle, open, believing, loving, generous, worthy receptacle for You, the All-Good.
When bad thoughts go to someone: Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.
Prayer against distraction: Most Merciful Lord! Collect my scattered mind so that it always strives for You, my Creator.
When you pass or pass through a village (cemetery): Lord, save these inhabitants, and through their prayers have mercy on me a sinner.
When distraction and inattention and negligence: Collect my scattered mind, Lord, and cleanse my icy heart, like Peter, giving me repentance, like a tax collector - sigh, and like a harlot - tears, but with a great voice I call to You: God, save me, as the One is Compassionate and Lover of mankind.
Short Prayers
Do not forget me, Lord, who forgets You. ( And sigh about the insufficiency of faith and your love for God)Lord Jesus Christ! Cover me from my tongue.
Lord, we are creepy from youth. You sanctify our souls, You sanctify our thoughts, our words, our bodies.
God! Vouchsafe me to love Thee with all my soul and thoughts, and do Thy will in everything! God! Give me unfeigned love.
God! Let me make a good start. Jesus Son of God, have mercy on me. My Intercessor, Lady, Most Holy Theotokos, save me a sinner.
All saints, pray to God for me a sinner!
Holy Angels of God, pray to God for me a sinner!
Lord, my God, my Creator, my Benefactor, do not leave me, You help me to do Your will, You enlighten my mental eyes of the heart, You enlighten my darkness, as if by You I will be delivered from temptation.
Vouchsafe me, Lord, love Thee with all my soul and thoughts, and do Thy will in everything!
Lord, give me humility, patience, kindness, unfeigned love.
Lord, be the Intercessor for my soul and body.
Lord, as a Merciful and Good Lover of mankind, give me the forgiveness of sins.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me on the Day of Judgment and bless me all the days of my life.
Lord, grant me the grace to die a Christian death: do not leave me, Lord, at Your Last Judgment, do not deprive me of the Kingdom of Heaven, Queen of Heaven, do not leave me.
God! Forgive me my sins and do not deprive me of Your mercy, grant me victory over the enemy and over all passions.
Lord, give us help to improve our lives.
Rev. Father Ambrose, pray to God that the souls of God's servants rest in peace ( names).
Mistress, accept the prayers of Your servant for those who are indignant with unbelief ( names) and deliver them from spiritual blindness, may they see the light of the Divine Faith, may they turn into the bowels of the Mother Church and be delivered from all needs and sorrows.
Lord, whether by word, or deed, or thought, I have sinned, forgive me.
Grant me, Lord, to see my sins and mourn for them.
Holy Mother of God! Vouchsafe me with my last breath to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ.
Holy Mother of God! Keep me from all evil and cover me with Your honest omophorion.
Do not entrust me to human intercession, Most Holy Lady, but intercede yourself and have mercy on me!
Lord, whether by word, or deed, or thought, I have sinned in my whole life, have mercy on me for Thy mercy's sake.
Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, bless, sanctify and preserve me by the power of Your Honorable and Life-Giving Cross and deliver me from all evil.
Mother of God, strengthen the right faith in us, put into our hearts the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of piety, the spirit of humility, patience and love, and in good deeds of prosperity.
Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, accept our unworthy prayer and save us from impudent death and grant us repentance before the end.
Holy Mother of God! Help me in all matters and deliver me from all need and sorrow.
Mother of God, do not leave me a sinner to wallow in insensibility.
Lord, strengthen my infirmity and turn my eyes away from vanity and everything unprofitable.
Lord, do not let me dream of myself as if it were the best of any of the people, but think of it as the worst of all and do not condemn anyone, but judge myself strictly.
Your fear, O Lord, plant in my heart.
Our Heavenly Father! Have pity on us sinners and give us the strength to correct ourselves and become truly Your children!
Sweetest Jesus, sweeten my heart with Thy love and save me;
Lord, deliver from all unbelief and suspicion and cover with Thy Divine grace.
Save us, Lord, from the participation of sinners and give us patience in temptations.
Grant me, O Lord, that the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart may be pleasing before Thee.
Save and have mercy on Your servants (names) and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel, and guide them on the path of Your commandments, and teach them, Savior, to do Your will, as You are our God, for You said: as if they see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Jesus Christ, hear our prayers.
Christ, hear our prayers.
To the Blessed Virgin Mary
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Virgin, pray for us more than virgins.
Mother of Christ, pray for us.
Most Chaste Mother, pray for us.
Mother Unharmed, pray for us.
Mother Immaculate, pray for us.
Dear Mother, pray for us.
Mother Wonderful, pray for us.
Mother of the Creator, pray for us.
Mother of the Savior, pray for us.
Mother the Wise, pray for us.
Virgo Wise, pray for us.
Worthy virgin pray for us.
Exalted Virgin, pray for us.
Virgo Strong, pray for us.
Merciful Virgin, pray for us.
Faithful Virgin, pray for us.
Mirror of truth, pray for us.
Throne of Wisdom, pray for us.
Wine of our joy, pray for us.
Spiritual vessel, pray for us.
Golden temple, pray for us.
Bow of the covenant, pray for us.
Tree of heaven, pray for us.
Morning star, pray for us.
Health of the weak, pray for us.
Consolation of the sorrowful, pray for us.
Help of Christians, pray for us.
Queen of Angels, pray for us.
Queen of the Patriarchs, pray for us.
Queen of the Prophets, pray for us.
Queen of the Apostles, pray for us.
Queen of Martyrs, pray for us.
Queen of Confessors, pray for us.
Queen of all saints, pray for us.
Mother and Intercessor of this holy temple, pray for us.
final prayer: Many-merciful and most generous Lord, who said: ask and receive; and I, hoping for this word, were forced to say these prayers. Even if in which prayer from rude or with a friend verb in idle conversations, or in thoughts, forgive me, and always be pleased with Your love of mankind, and save me Your servant by Your mercy and grant me virtues: humility, love, meekness and prudence, yes I will always praise Thee until my breath, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
final prayer: Lord, if I read a prayer without attention and scattered in my thoughts: forgive me and save me by Your mercy.
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Prayer for humility.
hear and have mercy on me!
From the desire to avoid resentment.
Deliver me, Jesus!
Deliver me, Jesus!
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be the first.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be loved.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being unknown.
Deliver me, Jesus!
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected.
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being humiliated.
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed.
Deliver me, Jesus!
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others.
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
So that for the sake of Your Glory I would willingly do unpleasant things.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break.
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us. God!
Prayer for Humility
Prayer for Humility
Lord have mercy! Christ, have mercy!
Jesus meek and lowly in heart,
hear and have mercy on me!
Heavenly Father, God, have mercy on us!
Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us!
Holy God, have mercy on us!
From the desire to avoid resentment
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to assert your opinion
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting my advice to be taken
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be first
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be loved
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being unknown
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being misunderstood
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being humiliated
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed
Deliver me, Jesus!
When others are valued more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are accepted, but they do not notice me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are considered more righteous than me,
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are loved more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Lest I gain a high position
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That for the sake of Your Glory I would willingly perform unpleasant
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in the orders of the elders I saw the will of God
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in deed, as in words, I forgave insults
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I may treat everyone with love, and especially those who
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I love poverty and humiliation
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us. God!
Jesus, meek and lowly in heart,
hear my prayers and give according to your mercy,
So that I gladly agree to be invisible on earth,
and that my joy would be Your Glory and Love!
© 2017 Orthodox Church in Hamburg.
Selected prayers of Fr. Alexandra Men
Prayer for Humility
Lord have mercy! Christ, have mercy!
Jesus meek and lowly in heart,
hear and have mercy on me!
Heavenly Father, God, have mercy on us!
Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us!
Holy God, have mercy on us!
From the desire to avoid resentment
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to assert your opinion
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting my advice to be taken
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be first
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be loved
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being unknown
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being misunderstood
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being humiliated
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed
Deliver me, Jesus!
When others are valued more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are accepted, but they do not notice me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are considered more righteous than me,
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are loved more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Lest I gain a high position
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in the orders of the elders I saw the will of God
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in deed, as in words, I forgave insults
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I may treat everyone with love, and especially those who
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I love poverty and humiliation
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, Lord!
Jesus, meek and lowly in heart,
hear my prayers and give according to your mercy,
So that I gladly agree to be invisible on earth,
and that my joy would be Your Glory and Love!
Prayer for the Gift of Wisdom and Love
but wisdom and love
Give us some spark
Your wisdom and love
sealed in your word.
From the memorial day sermon
Rev. Andrew of Crete
Prayer for Unity
Lord, Jesus Christ!
I am there among them.
and power over yourself.
according to your prayer and commandment.
and people know your love
in the love of the Father, in the salvation of the Son
and in the communion of the Holy Spirit.
Evening prayer
Lord Jesus Christ!
ulcers of the human race,
because he loved us
You who came here
Lord, you carried the Cross
Lord Jesus Christ,
Lord Jesus Christ,
Prayers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Like your mother
composed in her heart
strengthened and gave us strength.
or for rebellion.
Prayers before confession
which we aspire to
Prayer for Humility
Bless my prayer
From Prayer Experience
Alexander Men Foundation
I love you Lord
I love more than anything in the world
For You are true joy
For You I love my neighbor
as himself...
Lord, bless my prayer.
Help me with all your soul and body
to stand before You without distraction.
Teach me to pray to You.
Confirm me in faith.
Grant me fiery love for You.
Sanctify, O Lord, all my thoughts,
my feelings and deeds.
Teach me in every event
recognize your will
and give me the strength to fulfill it.
shut my mouth
for the word evil and empty
and keep my hand from an evil deed.
If trouble happens
give me the strength to accept it with firmness
and make a sacrifice to You.
Make me a source of good, O Lord,
for everyone I meet today.
Please accept my prayer for those
who doesn't know you
And deliver them from unbelief.
Thank you Lord for my soul
for everything that surrounds me:
for near and far, for heaven and earth
and above all
for your life-giving love.
Give me, Lord, all day
remember and thank you.
Lord, let all things be
mine today for Your glory!
May all thoughts be
my desires according to your will!
Prayer of the Disciples of Christ
BLESSED OUR GOD
ALWAYS, NOW AND ALWAYS
AND FOREVER.
Blessed are You, our Father, who created heaven and earth, light and darkness, flowers and stars -
Who created forests and mountains, seas and steppes and everything that lives in them - He created us in Your image and likeness -
Who gave us reason, conscience, the power of creation -
Revealing His will to us
Who has placed Your law in our hearts,
Taught us Thy Truth -
Who gave us the Covenant and Promise -
He who chose His children from all the ends of the earth -
Blessed are You, who revealed Himself in Your Son -
Born of the Virgin -
Who made Himself of no use for our salvation,
The person who incarnated for us -
Having experienced labors and sorrows, hunger and thirst -
Showing us the true path of life -
You have granted us the forgiveness of sins in the mercy of the Father -
You proclaimed to us the joy of the sons of God -
proclaimed New Testament in His blood
Shared with the world of torment and death -
Defeated hell and established His kingdom -
He promised to stay with us until the end of time -
Blessed be Thy righteous Judgment and Thy mercy -
Blessed are you, who appeared by the power of your Spirit -
You strengthen Your Church with the Spirit -
You show Your strength in our weakness -
You receive into Your bosom with holy Baptism -
You join yourself in the Holy Chalice -
Give grace to Your servants -
You heal our infirmities, souls and bodies -
Protecting our home, work and life -
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who revealed to us the Heavenly Father,
May we be Your disciples.
You promised to give peace to our souls.
But You do not want negligent servants.
Give us the strength to stand guard and stay awake.
May we be faithful to You and only You.
Teach us to do everything in Your presence.
Make us Your children.
Grant us strength to do Your will and Your covenant.
Teach us to do good.
Protect us from the leaven of the Pharisees.
Teach us to see the main thing in life, the one thing that is needed.
Help us to get rid of sin, from idleness, from flabbiness of the spirit.
May all the good and beautiful things in the world remind us of You
Let the evil of the world serve as a warning to us.
May we see in sinners the mirror of our sins.
Teach us to see brothers in those who think differently than we do, in those of other faiths and unbelievers.
Let us remember the brevity of life, so that the memory of death
was for us the strength of diligence and service.
Invest in us the ability to forgive, love and give.
Teach us to live in prayer.
Let us now be partakers of Your kingdom.
Teach us to hate sin, not the sinner.
Grant us the strength to bear witness to You.
Don't let us be vain, petty, empty.
May You be our alpha and omega in this life and in eternity.
May we be your disciples.
Prayer for Humility
Lord have mercy! Christ, have mercy!
Jesus meek and lowly in heart,
hear and have mercy on me!
Heavenly Father, God, have mercy on us!
Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us!
Holy God, have mercy on us!
From the desire to avoid resentment
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to assert your opinion
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting my advice to be taken
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be first
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be loved
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being unknown
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being misunderstood
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being humiliated
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed
Deliver me, Jesus!
When others are valued more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are accepted, but they do not notice me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are considered more righteous than me,
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are loved more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Lest I gain a high position
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That for the sake of Your Glory I willingly performed unpleasant duties
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in the orders of the elders I saw the will of God
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in deed, as in words, I forgave insults
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I may treat everyone with love, and especially those who
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I love poverty and humiliation
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, Lord!
Jesus, meek and lowly in heart,
hear my prayers and give according to your mercy,
So that I gladly agree to be invisible on earth,
and that my joy would be Your Glory and Love!
about the gift of wisdom and love
but wisdom and love
Give us some spark
Your wisdom and love
sealed in your word.
From the memorial day sermon
Rev. Andrew of Crete
Prayer for Unity
Lord, Jesus Christ!
You told us where two or three are gathered in my name,
I am there among them.
You didn't want people to walk alone through life
You brought us together to be one family.
Let us fulfill Your new commandment,
that we may love one another as You have loved us.
Give us patience, indulgence
and power over yourself.
May we be one as You are one with the Father and the Spirit,
according to your prayer and commandment.
To shine our light in this dark world,
and people know your love
in the love of the Father, in the salvation of the Son
and in the communion of the Holy Spirit.
Evening prayer
Lord Jesus Christ!
At this evening hour, in this city,
where your blessing rested,
among all suffering, sins and troubles,
You who suffered and took upon yourself
ulcers of the human race,
because he loved us
You who came here
Lord, you carried the Cross
teach us to bear suffering and labor for the sake of those close to us.
Lord Jesus Christ,
You see our ulcers and our infirmities,
pour strength into us, make us firm, courageous,
Your Divine Gospel.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Give us the days that You let us go
to carry as a banner Your Cross.
Lord Jesus Christ, help us.
Thank you for all the wonderful
what You give us in nature, in the temple,
in the Sacrament, in Your Holy Scripture,
in what people inspired by you have written,
in our loved ones, in our loved ones,
in everything that captivates us, excites, surprises.
We thank you for everything, Lord.
Let us be the true bearers of Your Name.
on the feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Like your mother
following You in firmness and hope,
composed in her heart
so we will compose these words,
so that in the dark night of life they us
strengthened and gave us strength.
grieving, dejected, sinners,
before which there is also a choice:
or the Lord will be for us to fall,
or for rebellion.
For Sundays
I believe, Lord, but you confirm
I hope, Lord, but You strengthen my hope.
I have loved You, Lord, but You cleanse my love and kindle it.
I lament, Lord, but You do
May I increase my repentance.
I honor you, my Creator, I sigh
about You, I call on You.
You guide me with Your wisdom, protect and strengthen me.
I give you, my God,
let them come from you.
Let my works be according to Your will.
Illuminate my mind, strengthen my will,
cleanse the body, sanctify the soul.
May I see my sins, may I not be deceived by pride,
help me overcome temptation.
May I praise You all the days of my life that You have given me.
Lord, You are our first and last love, You are the One for Whom we live, in Whom we live,
which we aspire to
Forgive us for being believers, but our faith is so small;
we are praying, but our prayer is so weak! How rarely do we meet in true prayer!
And our word, addressed to You, turns into soulless mumbling.
Forgive us, Lord, for standing in front of an icon, opening a prayer book or Holy Scripture, even getting ready to receive the Holy Mysteries, we are distracted, our thoughts wander somewhere sluggish, dull, tired.
How guilty we are before You that we are often present in the temple during a common prayer only with our feet, as it were, while our heart, insensitive and cold, remains somewhere far away.
Forgive us, Lord, that we are neither cold nor hot, that we are half warm, that our faith is often inactive.
We are guilty before You, Lord, for the weakness of our faith, for the lack of faith of the mind, when attacks against faith stuck in our hearts. They are guilty that they testified badly about their faith, did not want to delve into its essence, that they were ashamed and renounced it.
We are to blame for the lack of faith in our hearts when, in difficult circumstances of life, we began to grumble, instead of completely surrendering to You.
Lord, we live as if You
with us only on Sunday, at mass, and the rest of the time we live away from You, on our own.
Forgive us, Lord, for those days when we forget about You at all!
God! Forgive us for not thanking You for Your Word that You gave us! That we do not bring it into our heart, into our life!
Lord, forgive us that we neglect Your gift, we read the Holy Scriptures lazily, from time to time, without thinking, without trying to apply these holy words to our lives. How guilty we are before You that we do not delve into Your Word!
God! Forgive us for our negligence! Forgive us for our idleness, spiritual laziness, idle talk, inertia, negligence
in prayer, for poor preparation
to the sacraments, for all kinds of deceit, dishonesty in their work.
Lord, forgive us for not wanting to enter Your Kingdom, but we stand at the door without taking a single real step towards You.
We are guilty before You, Lord,
for the impurity of our hearts, for crafty, fornication and blasphemous thoughts, for an irreverent attitude
to the shrine, for the impure thoughts towards You that come
to us from the evil one.
Forgive us for the impurity of carnal thoughts, for sins against purity, against chastity, against love, against fidelity, against the family!
Lord, forgive us for suspicion, for crazy, absurd, funny thoughts,
for intemperance of passions.
We are guilty before you, Lord,
for intemperance not only in word
and in feeling, but also in food and drink. Forgive us for neglecting the fasts.
And may fasting be a school of spirit for us, strengthen and bring us closer to You!
God! You were meek, and we are vicious, irritable, we constantly rebel against people, against loved ones, against dear ones, against the most loved ones!
Forgive us, Lord, for the fact that we have not learned to live with each other peacefully, calmly, respectfully.
Forgive us for our evil temper,
for the hard character
for hostility, for envy, jealousy, pride, vanity, for the fact that we sometimes cherish insults for years.
Forgive us for not owning ourselves,
for reproaches, for a bad mood, for the fact that we constantly hurt and infringe on each other.
Forgive the heartfelt pleasure we derive from humiliation
and condemnation of other people, from upsetting them, quarreling, finding faults in someone.
Lord, forgive us for our eyes, which first of all see evil,
for our tongue, which is quick to reproach
and offensive word.
Forgive me for the lies, for the destruction of friendship, love, family, human relationships, for the constant assertion of my will, for
that they offended and humiliated the unrequited people, oppressed the weak.
God! Forgive us for greed
for greed, for the fact that we give so little in life!
Teach us to follow Your path when You tell us, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Forgive us for the indifference of our heart to someone else's misfortune, for the unwillingness to help, for the unwillingness to support, console, encourage!
Forgive us that we cannot even just tolerate another person, his weaknesses, his unsympathetic, uncomfortable features.
I'm sorry that with a murmur, not
with gratitude we bear the burden
in relation to the sick, children, the elderly, the needy
Forgive me for the fact that, returning from the temple, we bring to our family not silence, joy and light, but grumbling and discontent.
Forgive me, Lord, for the guilt before relatives and friends who share
our sins are with us.
We are guilty before You, Lord, that we did not save our families, pushed others to separation, divorce, quarrels, were indirect culprits of other people's troubles.
Forgive us, Lord, for the sins against our own children, against the husband, against the wife, against the mother and father, to whom we caused many offenses
Forgive me that You love us, but we don’t know how to love each other, that in fact You are not our King, but our pride, self-will, self-love, ambition, vanity, You are not our King, but the vanity we are running after, which we cling to.
We are chained to ourselves and do not want to leave our prison - neither to You, nor to people; we are ungrateful to Thee for life, for the soul, for the wisdom of Thy Word, for Thy salvation, Thy Church!
Forgive me, Lord, that we strive so little to thank You for calling us!
Forgive us that we do not save the treasures that You have given us, we are ungrateful to You for everything beautiful that is and was in our life, that we do not remember anything, that we are used to it, that we ruthlessly squander everything that You send us: health, time, people.
Forgive us for not feeling blissful, happy!
Forgive us that we are often prone to discontent, grumbling, a gloomy view of the world.
Forgive me that we don’t know how to thank for joy, for friends, for family, for the fact that the legs walk and the eyes see, for the sky, air, beauty, peace.
Forgive us, Lord, for not fulfilling Your main covenant: “By this, everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
We are to blame, Lord, that in relation to people we were as ungrateful as in relation to You, we failed to thank those who brought us life, light and goodness, who gave birth to us, raised us, raised us, who taught us, instructed us, helped!
You gave us the joy of communicating with each other, and we talk about all sorts of trifles and most often vilify and condemn each other!
Forgive us, Lord, for the fact that we live as if You have forgotten about us, as if we are valuable in ourselves, and not only in the light of Your life.
Lord, forgive us that we do not sanctify our lives.
Lord, forgive us for being superstitious.
Forgive us for the fact that we are forever tormented by fears, fears and anxieties. Trembling and fear in us from lack of faith, despondency -
from lack of faith, disgust for the world around - from lack of faith.
Lord, forgive us for the fact that we do not know how to be patient in difficult circumstances, courageous, firm and devoted to You.
Lord, forgive us for our unwillingness to do Your will, for the fact that we do not have humility before You, we do not know how to see You in temptation
and illness, in difficult circumstances of life.
Forgive us, Lord, for the fact that we do not keep Your main commandments.
Forgive us for being irritable, vicious, angry, quick-tempered, suspicious, poisonous, vicious, for the fact that we are always ready to see the shortcomings of others, we easily exalt ourselves, justify, excuse ourselves for everything.
Forgive us for every lie, untruth in life, for every deceit, for deceit, slander, slander, slander, for perjury in court, deceit, duplicity!
Forgive us, Lord, for hypocrisy, when we wanted to show our piety, our piety, or boast of our good deeds so that people would approve of us.
Forgive, Lord, for our intemperate language, for idle talk and chatter, for the fact that we think of people worse than they are, for the fact that we cannot restrain our passions, ranging from simple gluttony to sensuality and pride.
Forgive us for the children whom we did not let into this life, whom we killed, destroyed, shed their blood. The guilt here is great.
Forgive us, Lord, that we are being sucked in and poisoned by the emptiness in our heart, that it is filled with pride, hatred, vindictiveness, malevolence, constant grumbling.
Forgive us for the fact that we are always focused on ourselves, always busy only with our feelings, thoughts, worries and interests.
Forgive us for our homes, in which hostility reigns, mutual insults, humiliation, impatience.
Forgive us for not calling on You in difficulties, in difficult circumstances, at times when we have to choose our fate, for not thanking You, not asking You! Forgive us, Lord, that even here we are negligent.
Lord, You see that we ourselves cannot, do not know how, are not able to change ourselves. Give us Your Spirit so that we can become Christians worthy of You.
Give us strength to receive the love of Your redemption! Perform a miracle: revive the dead, unite the separated, reconcile the warring!
We have sinned against the faith -
Lord, strengthen our faith.
We have sinned against love - Lord, give us the power of love.
We have sinned against hope - Lord, give us hope.
Lord, transform our faith so that it is not selfish, but full of love and bestowal.
Transform our prayer so that it is a living appeal to God.
Transform our families, our homes, our relationships with people -
inside and outside the home.
Transform our ministry to the Church.
Lord, transform our heart so that it becomes sympathetic, compassionate.
Transform our mind so that it works clearly, strictly, concentratedly, so that thoughts are directed towards good.
Transform our memory so that we always remember that the days are evil; but we must put everything into this life in order to carry the fire lit here into Eternity.
Lord, transform everything around us, make it so that we can transform the life around us.
Lord, let me turn to You with all my being and say: “Here is my heart, here is my life, my family, my loved ones, my work, everything that I have, I offer You to sanctify them.”
Lord, I have nothing to present to You, but I trust in Your mercy, in Your love. Nothing more.
Give me the strength to take the first weak steps towards You in order to feel that You are here, near, that You are leading us, that You are accepting us, that Your arms are open to us, the arms of the Heavenly Father Who is waiting for each of us.
Prayers before the Chalice
God! You see that every day of my life I violated Your will.
I'm not just like the prodigal son, I left - I rebelled against You, I turned into
into Your enemy - with all your thoughts, deeds and feelings. Will You forgive me, Lord? Will you allow me to your shrine?! That's what I'm praying for now
All that was forgotten by me, let it be forgiven by You. Everything that was done out of ignorance, out of misunderstanding, a lot of sins that are from childhood and youth
on me like sores - may they be healed and cleansed by You.
Lord Jesus Christ, let me come to the Holy Chalice, unite with the bonds of love, the bonds that the holy Church gives us, today, here
You Yourself, O Lord, said that if two or three were gathered in My name,
I am there among them. To all of us who have gathered, send down Your Spirit. Enlighten us all with Your blessing and make us Your children.
Lord, we stand before You, looking back at our lives. We broke everything, we broke everything. Our baptismal shirt bears all the dirty traces of our life - unworthy, not Christian, pagan. Lord, forgive us! Let us put on clean clothes so that we can share in Your divine meal.
Lord Jesus Christ! With them
from our hearts, the black seals of sins, put the seal of Your Spirit on us, so that we return to You, so that we again find love for You, so that we again become Your children from worthless slaves.
Lord, do not judge by our deeds, but by Your mercy. Not according to truth and justice, but according to Your grace. Forgive, wash, cleanse, make our former as if it had not been, put into our will a strong desire to live
in a Christian way. Let there be no evil in our language, let there be no darkness in our thoughts, let there be good in our heart!
Lord, You are our first and last, You are our only one, and we are going to You. But how ashamed and afraid we are, because we come in pride and conceit, in despondency and irritation, full of stupid, vain, empty thoughts, petty vanity, petty revenge, petty envy. We come, violating all Your commandments, all Your calls.
"Lord, we are not worthy to have You come under our roof." But still we are waiting for you. We still ask you to come. Still, we know that Your love will overcome our sinfulness, Your blood will wash away our imperfections.
We believe, Lord, that today You are here
with us that you unite us, that you
you purify us and free us. Let us feel the power of the beating of Your loving heart that is open to us. Teach us to open the door of our hearts to let You in as a guest into our home.
Let us touch You, be inspired by You! To leave here as if on wings, to know that You are with us, that You bless us, You love us, You heal us, You save us - with Your blood, Your heart, Your sufferings.
Lord, accept and revive us, give us Your love, which will resurrect us.
Lord, let Your strength be in us.
May You be our real Sovereign and Lord!
Blessing
Shared prayer for the home group
Shout to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with joy; go before His face with an exclamation!
Know that the Lord is God, that
He made us and we are His
His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise. Praise Him, bless His name,
for the Lord is good: his mercy is forever,
and His truth unto generation and generation.
God! You tested me and you know.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; Do you understand thoughts
Whether I go, whether I rest - You surround me, and all my ways are known to You.
There is still no word in my language - You, Lord, already know it perfectly.
Behind and in front You embrace me
and you lay your hand on me.
Wonderful for me is Your knowledge - high, I can not comprehend it!
Where can I go from Your Spirit, and where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven - You are there; will I get off
to the underworld - and there you are.
Should I take the wings of dawn and move to the edge of the sea, -
And there Your hand will lead me,
and your right hand will hold me.
Will I say: “Perhaps the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will become night”;
but darkness does not darken from You, and the night is as bright as day: both darkness and light.
How exalted are Your thoughts to me, O God,
and how great is their number!
Will I count them, but they are more numerous than sand; when I wake up, I'm still with You.
Test me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts;
And see if I'm on a dangerous path
and guide me to the eternal path.
Ps 138:1-12, 17, 18, 23, 24.
God! You are our refuge in generation and generation.
Before the mountains were born, and You formed the earth and the universe, and from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
You return a person to decay
and you say, "Return, sons of men!"
For a thousand years are before your eyes, like yesterday when it has passed, and like a watch in the night.
You carry them away like a flood;
they are like a dream, like grass that grows in the morning, blooms and turns green in the morning, is cut down and dries up in the evening;
You have put our iniquities before You and our secrets before the light of Your face.
All our days have passed in Thy wrath; we are losing our summers like sound.
The days of our years are seventy years, and with a greater strength - eighty years;
and their best time is labor
and illness, for they pass quickly,
Teach us to count our days so that we may acquire a wise heart.
Satisfy us early with Thy mercy, and we will rejoice and be glad all our days.
Prayer of Moses, the man of God
Ps 89. 2-6, 8-10, 12, 14.
Behold, the hand of the Lord was not shortened to save, and His ear was not heavy to hear.
But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins turn away His face from you, so that they will not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your mouth speaks lies, your tongue speaks lies. No one raises their voice for the truth and no one intervenes
for truth; hope for empty
and speak lies, conceive evil
and give birth to villainy;
That is why the court is far from us,
and justice does not reach us; we are waiting for the light, and behold, the darkness - illumination,
and walk in darkness.
We touch, like the blind a wall, and, as if without eyes, we grope; stumble
at noon, as in twilight, between
alive as dead.
We have betrayed and lied before the Lord, and have departed from our God; spoke slander and treason, conceived
and gave birth to false words from the heart.
And the court stepped back, and the truth stood afar off, for the truth stumbled in the square, and honesty cannot enter.
And there was no truth, and he who turns away from evil is subjected to insult.
And the Lord saw it, and it's disgusting
It was in His eyes that there is no judgment.
And he saw that there was no man, and marveled that there was no intercessor;
and his arm helped him, and his righteousness sustained him.
Isaiah 59:1-4, 9, 10, 13-16.
Thus says the Lord:
They seek me every day and want to know my ways, like a people who do what is right and do not forsake the laws of their God;
they ask Me about the judgments of righteousness, they desire to draw near to God:
“Why do we fast and You don’t see? humble our souls,
Behold, on the day of your fast, you do your will and require hard work from others.
Behold, you fast for strife and strife
and in order to strike others with a bold hand; you do not fast at this time so that your voice will be heard
This is the fast I have chosen: loosen the shackles of iniquity, loosen the yoke,
and set the oppressed free,
and loose every yoke;
share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the wandering poor into your house; when you see a naked man, clothe him, and do not hide yourself from your kindred.
Then you will call, and the Lord will hear; You will cry out and He will say, “Here I am!”
When you remove the yoke from your midst, you will stop lifting your finger
and speak offensive
and give your soul to the hungry
and feed the soul of the sufferer: then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will like noon;
And the Lord will always be your guide, and in time of drought he will satisfy your soul and fatten your bones,
and you will be like a watered garden
and as a fountain whose waters never dry up.
Isaiah 58:2-4, 6, 7, 9-11.
Oh, that You would open the heavens and come down! the mountains would melt at your presence.
You have graciously met the one who rejoices and does what is right, who remembers You in Your ways. But behold, You are angry, because we have sinned of old; and how shall we be saved?
We all have become - as unclean,
and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; and we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
And there is no one who calls on Your name, who intends to hold fast to You; therefore You hid Your face from us and left us to perish because of our iniquities.
But now, Lord, You are our Father;
we are clay, and you are our educator,
and we are all the work of your hand.
Do not be angry, Lord, without measure, and do not remember iniquity forever. Behold, we are all Your people.
They turn off the light. Everyone gets up.
Each in turn: Maranatha!
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
There was a true Light that enlightens every person who comes into the world.
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to his own, and his own
And to those who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave power
to be children of God.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish,
but had eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
He who believes in Him is not judged, but the unbeliever is already condemned, because he did not believe in the name of the Only Begotten Son of God.
The judgment is that light has come into the world; but the people loved the darkness more than the light, because their deeds were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be reproved, because they are evil; but he who does what is right goes
to the light, that his works may be manifest, for they have been done in God.
You are the light of the world. A city on top of a mountain cannot hide.
And having lighted a candle, they do not put it under a vessel, but on a candlestick, and it gives light to all in the house.
So let your light shine before people, that they may see your good deeds.
and glorify your Father in heaven.
About times and seasons there is no need to write to you, brethren,
For you yourselves know for certain that the day of the Lord will thus come,
For when they say, "Peace
and safety," then sudden destruction will come upon them, just as childbirth comes upon a woman in her womb,
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that the day will find you like a thief.
For you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we are not sons night, no darkness.
So, let's not sleep, like the others,
but let us be awake and sober.
For the sleepers sleep at night,
and those who get drunk get drunk at night.
But we, being sons of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith
and love and in the helmet of the hope of salvation.
In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
And I, John, saw the holy city of Jerusalem, new, coming down from God
from heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And the city does not need either the sun or the moon to illuminate it, for the glory of God has illuminated it,
and his lamp is the Lamb.
He who bears witness to this says: Surely, I am coming quickly! Amen.
From Prayer Experience
I love you Lord
I love more than anything in the world
For You are true joy
my soul.
For You I love my neighbor
as himself...
morning prayer
Lord, bless my prayer.
Help me with all your soul and body
to stand before You without distraction.
Teach me to pray to You.
Confirm me in faith.
Grant me fiery love for You.
Sanctify, O Lord, all my thoughts,
my feelings and deeds.
Teach me in every event
recognize your will
and give me the strength to fulfill it.
shut my mouth
for the word evil and empty
and keep my hand from an evil deed.
If trouble happens
give me the strength to accept it with firmness
and make a sacrifice to You.
Make me a source of good, O Lord,
for everyone I meet today.
Please accept my prayer for those
who doesn't know you
And deliver them from unbelief.
Thank you Lord for my soul
for everything that surrounds me:
for near and far, for heaven and earth
and above all
for your life-giving love.
Give me, Lord, all day
remember and thank you.
Amen.
Lord, let all things be
mine today for Your glory!
May all thoughts be
my desires according to your will!
Prayer of the Disciples of Christ
BLESSED OUR GOD
ALWAYS, NOW AND ALWAYS
AND FOREVER.
Blessed are You, our Father, who created heaven and earth, light and darkness, flowers and stars -
BLESS YOU
Who created forests and mountains, seas and steppes and everything that lives in them - Who created us in Your image and likeness Who gave us reason, conscience, the power of creation Who revealed His will to us Who put Your Law in our hearts Who taught us Your Truth Who gave us the Covenant and Promise Who chose a child His own from all ends of the earth -
BLESS YOU!
Blessed are You, Who revealed Himself in Your Son GLORY TO YOU!
Born of the Virgin, Humbled Himself for our salvation, Incarnated for our sake, a man Who experienced labors and sorrows, hunger and thirst, Who showed us the true path of life You granted us forgiveness of sins in the mercy of the Father -
You proclaimed to us the joy of the sons of God You proclaimed the New Testament in Your blood You shared suffering and death with the world You conquered hell and established Your Kingdom You promised to stay with us until the end of time Blessed is Your righteous Judgment and Your mercy GLORY TO YOU!
Blessed are you, who appeared by the power of your Spirit DON'T LEAVE US.
You strengthen Your Church with the Spirit You manifest Your power in our weakness You receive into Your bosom with holy Baptism You share with You in the Holy Cup You give grace to Your servants You heal our infirmities, souls and bodies Protect our home, work and life DON'T LEAVE US.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who revealed to us the Heavenly Father,
May we be Your disciples.
You promised to give peace to our souls.
But You do not want negligent servants.
Give us the strength to stand guard and stay awake.
May we be faithful to You and only You.
Teach us to do everything in Your presence.
Make us Your children.
Grant us strength to do Your will and Your covenant.
Teach us to do good.
Protect us from the leaven of the Pharisees.
Teach us to see the main thing in life, the one thing that is needed.
Help us to get rid of sin, from idleness, from flabbiness of the spirit.
May all the good and beautiful things in the world remind us of You
Let the evil of the world serve as a warning to us.
May we see in sinners the mirror of our sins.
Teach us to see brothers in those who think differently than we do, in those of other faiths and unbelievers.
Let us remember the brevity of life, so that the memory of death
was for us the strength of diligence and service.
Invest in us the ability to forgive, love and give.
Teach us to live in prayer.
Let us now be partakers of Your kingdom.
Teach us to hate sin, not the sinner.
Grant us the strength to bear witness to You.
Don't let us be vain, petty, empty.
May You be our alpha and omega in this life and in eternity.
May we be your disciples.
Amen.
Prayer for Humility
Lord have mercy! Christ, have mercy!
Jesus meek and lowly in heart,
hear and have mercy on me!
Heavenly Father, God, have mercy on us!
Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us!
Holy God, have mercy on us!
From the desire to avoid resentment
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to assert your opinion
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting my advice to be taken
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be praised
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the desire to be respected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be first
Deliver me, Jesus!
From wanting to be loved
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being forgotten
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being suspected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being unknown
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being misunderstood
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being rejected
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being slandered,
Deliver me, Jesus!
From the fear of being humiliated
Deliver me, Jesus!
For fear of being ridiculed
Deliver me, Jesus!
When others are valued more than me
When others are accepted, but they do not notice me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When primacy is given to others
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are considered more righteous than me,
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
When others are loved more than me
Help Jesus to endure this with love!
Lest I gain a high position
That for the sake of Your Glory I willingly performed unpleasant duties
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in the orders of the elders I saw the will of God
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
So that in deed, as in words, I forgave insults
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I may treat everyone with love, and especially those who
condemns me
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I be quick to break
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
That I love poverty and humiliation
Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!
Forgive us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord!
The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, Lord!
Jesus, meek and lowly in heart,
hear my prayers and give according to your mercy,
So that I gladly agree to be invisible on earth,
and that my joy would be Your Glory and Love!
Amen.
Prayer about the gift of wisdom and love
How many of us
madness, stupidity
and limitations
but wisdom and love
Give us some spark
Your wisdom and love
sealed in your word.
From the memorial day sermon
Rev. Andrew of Crete
Prayer for Unity
Lord, Jesus Christ!
You told us where two or three are gathered in my name,
I am there among them.
You didn't want people to walk alone through life
You brought us together to be one family.
Let us fulfill Your new commandment,
that we may love one another as You have loved us.
Give us patience, indulgence
and power over yourself.
May we be one as You are one with the Father and the Spirit,
according to your prayer and commandment.
To shine our light in this dark world,
coming from you,
and people know your love
in the love of the Father, in the salvation of the Son
and in the communion of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Evening prayer
Lord Jesus Christ!
At this evening hour, in this city,
where your blessing rested,
among all suffering, sins and troubles,
You who suffered and took upon yourself
ulcers of the human race,
because he loved us
You who came here
Be with us.
Lord, you carried the Cross
teach us to bear suffering and labor for the sake of those close to us.
Lord Jesus Christ,
You see our ulcers and our infirmities,
pour strength into us, make us firm, courageous,
worthy witnesses
Your Divine Gospel.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Give us the days that You let us go
to carry as a banner Your Cross.
Lord Jesus Christ, help us.
Thank you for all the wonderful
what You give us in nature, in the temple,
in the Sacrament, in Your Holy Scripture,
in what people inspired by you have written,
in our loved ones, in our loved ones,
in everything that captivates us, excites, surprises.
We thank you for everything, Lord.
Let us be the true bearers of Your Name.
Amen.
Prayers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Like your mother
following You in firmness and hope,
composed in her heart
sacred words,
so we will compose these words,
so that in the dark night of life they us
strengthened and gave us strength.
Mother of God
pray for us
grieving, dejected, sinners,
before which there is also a choice:
or the Lord will be for us to fall,
or for rebellion.
Amen.
Prayer for the Sundays of Great Lent
I believe, Lord, but you confirm
my faith.
I hope, Lord, but You strengthen my hope.
I have loved You, Lord, but You cleanse my love and kindle it.
I lament, Lord, but You do
May I increase my repentance.
I honor you, my Creator, I sigh
about You, I call on You.
You guide me with Your wisdom, protect and strengthen me.
I give you, my God,
my thoughts,
let them come from you.
Let my works be according to Your will.
Illuminate my mind, strengthen my will,
cleanse the body, sanctify the soul.
May I see my sins, may I not be deceived by pride,
help me overcome temptation.
May I praise You all the days of my life that You have given me.
Amen.
Prayers before confession
Lord, You are our first and last love, You are the One for Whom we live, in Whom we live,
which we aspire to
Which we breathe!
Forgive us for being believers, but our faith is so small;
we are praying, but our prayer is so weak! How rarely do we meet in true prayer!
And our word, addressed to You, turns into soulless mumbling.
Forgive us, Lord, for standing in front of an icon, opening a prayer book or Holy Scripture, even getting ready to receive the Holy Mysteries, we are distracted, our thoughts wander somewhere sluggish, dull, tired.
How guilty we are before You that we are often present in the temple during a common prayer only with our feet, as it were, while our heart, insensitive and cold, remains somewhere far away.
Forgive us, Lord, that we are neither cold nor hot, that we are half warm, that our faith is often inactive.
We are guilty before You, Lord, for the weakness of our faith, for the lack of faith of the mind, when attacks against faith stuck in our hearts. They are guilty that they testified badly about their faith, did not want to delve into its essence, that they were ashamed and renounced it.
We are to blame for the lack of faith in our hearts when, in difficult circumstances of life, we began to grumble, instead of completely surrendering to You.
Lord, we live as if You
with us only on Sunday, at mass, and the rest of the time we live away from You, on our own.
Forgive us, Lord, for those days when we forget about You at all!
God! Forgive us for not thanking You for Your Word that You gave us! That we do not bring it into our heart, into our life!
Lord, forgive us that we neglect Your gift, we read the Holy Scriptures lazily, from time to time, without thinking, without trying to apply these holy words to our lives. How guilty we are before You that we do not delve into Your Word!
God! Forgive us for our negligence! Forgive us for our idleness, spiritual laziness, idle talk, inertia, negligence
in prayer, for poor preparation
to the sacraments, for all kinds of deceit, dishonesty in their work.
Lord, forgive us for not wanting to enter Your Kingdom, but we stand at the door without taking a single real step towards You.
We are guilty before You, Lord,
for the impurity of our hearts, for crafty, fornication and blasphemous thoughts, for an irreverent attitude
to the shrine, for the impure thoughts towards You that come
to us from the evil one.
Forgive us for the impurity of carnal thoughts, for sins against purity, against chastity, against love, against fidelity, against the family!
Lord, forgive us for suspicion, for crazy, absurd, funny thoughts,
for intemperance of passions.
We are guilty before you, Lord,
for intemperance not only in word
and in feeling, but also in food and drink. Forgive us for neglecting the fasts.
And may fasting be a school of spirit for us, strengthen and bring us closer to You!
God! You were meek, and we are vicious, irritable, we constantly rebel against people, against loved ones, against dear ones, against the most loved ones!
Forgive us, Lord, for the fact that we have not learned to live with each other peacefully, calmly, respectfully.
Forgive us for our evil temper,
for the hard character
for hostility, for envy, jealousy, pride, vanity, for the fact that we sometimes cherish insults for years.
Forgive us for not owning ourselves,
for reproaches, for a bad mood, for the fact that we constantly hurt and infringe on each other.
Forgive the heartfelt pleasure we derive from humiliation
and condemnation of other people, from upsetting them, quarreling, finding faults in someone.
Lord, forgive us for our eyes, which first of all see evil,
for our tongue, which is quick to reproach
and offensive word.
Forgive me for the lies, for the destruction of friendship, love, family, human relationships, for the constant assertion of my will, for
that they offended and humiliated the unrequited people, oppressed the weak.
God! Forgive us for greed
for greed, for the fact that we give so little in life!
Teach us to follow Your path when You tell us, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Forgive us for the indifference of our heart to someone else's misfortune, for the unwillingness to help, for the unwillingness to support, console, encourage!
Forgive us that we cannot even just tolerate another person, his weaknesses, his unsympathetic, uncomfortable features.
I'm sorry that with a murmur, not
with gratitude we bear the burden
in relation to the sick, children, the elderly, the needy
in our help.
Forgive me for the fact that, returning from the temple, we bring to our family not silence, joy and light, but grumbling and discontent.
Forgive me, Lord, for the guilt before relatives and friends who share
our sins are with us.
We are guilty before You, Lord, that we did not save our families, pushed others to separation, divorce, quarrels, were indirect culprits of other people's troubles.
Forgive us, Lord, for the sins against our own children, against the husband, against the wife, against the mother and father, to whom we caused many offenses
and grief.
Forgive me that You love us, but we don’t know how to love each other, that in fact You are not our King, but our pride, self-will, self-love, ambition, vanity, You are not our King, but the vanity we are running after, which we cling to.
We are chained to ourselves and do not want to leave our prison - neither to You, nor to people; we are ungrateful to Thee for life, for the soul, for the wisdom of Thy Word, for Thy salvation, Thy Church!
Forgive me, Lord, that we strive so little to thank You for calling us!
Forgive us that we do not save the treasures that You have given us, we are ungrateful to You for everything beautiful that is and was in our life, that we do not remember anything, that we are used to it, that we ruthlessly squander everything that You send us: health, time, people.
Forgive us for not feeling blissful, happy!
Forgive us that we are often prone to discontent, grumbling, a gloomy view of the world.
Forgive me that we don’t know how to thank for joy, for friends, for family, for the fact that the legs walk and the eyes see, for the sky, air, beauty, peace.
Forgive us, Lord, for not fulfilling Your main covenant: “By this, everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
We are to blame, Lord, that in relation to people we were as ungrateful as in relation to You, we failed to thank those who brought us life, light and goodness, who gave birth to us, raised us, raised us, who taught us, instructed us, helped!
You gave us the joy of communicating with each other, and we talk about all sorts of trifles and most often vilify and condemn each other!
Forgive us, Lord, for the fact that we live as if You have forgotten about us, as if we are valuable in ourselves, and not only in the light of Your life.
Lord, forgive us that we do not sanctify our lives.
Lord, forgive us for being superstitious.
Forgive us for the fact that we are forever tormented by fears, fears and anxieties. Trembling and fear in us from lack of faith, despondency -
from lack of faith, disgust for the world around - from lack of faith.
Lord, forgive us for the fact that we do not know how to be patient in difficult circumstances, courageous, firm and devoted to You.
Lord, forgive us for our unwillingness to do Your will, for the fact that we do not have humility before You, we do not know how to see You in temptation
and illness, in difficult circumstances of life.
Forgive us, Lord, for the fact that we do not keep Your main commandments.
Forgive us for being irritable, vicious, angry, quick-tempered, suspicious, poisonous, vicious, for the fact that we are always ready to see the shortcomings of others, we easily exalt ourselves, justify, excuse ourselves for everything.
Forgive us for every lie, untruth in life, for every deceit, for deceit, slander, slander, slander, for perjury in court, deceit, duplicity!
Forgive us, Lord, for hypocrisy, when we wanted to show our piety, our piety, or boast of our good deeds so that people would approve of us.
Forgive, Lord, for our intemperate language, for idle talk and chatter, for the fact that we think of people worse than they are, for the fact that we cannot restrain our passions, ranging from simple gluttony to sensuality and pride.
Forgive us for the children whom we did not let into this life, whom we killed, destroyed, shed their blood. The guilt here is great.
Forgive us, Lord, that we are being sucked in and poisoned by the emptiness in our heart, that it is filled with pride, hatred, vindictiveness, malevolence, constant grumbling.
Forgive us for the fact that we are always focused on ourselves, always busy only with our feelings, thoughts, worries and interests.
Forgive us for our homes, in which hostility reigns, mutual insults, humiliation, impatience.
Forgive us for not calling on You in difficulties, in difficult circumstances, at times when we have to choose our fate, for not thanking You, not asking You! Forgive us, Lord, that even here we are negligent.
Lord, You see that we ourselves cannot, do not know how, are not able to change ourselves. Give us Your Spirit so that we can become Christians worthy of You.
Give us strength to receive the love of Your redemption! Perform a miracle: revive the dead, unite the separated, reconcile the warring!
We have sinned against the faith -
Lord, strengthen our faith.
We have sinned against love - Lord, give us the power of love.
We have sinned against hope - Lord, give us hope.
Lord, transform our faith so that it is not selfish, but full of love and bestowal.
Transform our prayer so that it is a living appeal to God.
Transform our families, our homes, our relationships with people -
inside and outside the home.
Transform our ministry to the Church.
Lord, transform our heart so that it becomes sympathetic, compassionate.
Transform our mind so that it works clearly, strictly, concentratedly, so that thoughts are directed towards good.
Transform our memory so that we always remember that the days are evil; but we must put everything into this life in order to carry the fire lit here into Eternity.
Lord, transform everything around us, make it so that we can transform the life around us.
Lord, let me turn to You with all my being and say: “Here is my heart, here is my life, my family, my loved ones, my work, everything that I have, I offer You to sanctify them.”
Lord, I have nothing to present to You, but I trust in Your mercy, in Your love. Nothing more.
Give me the strength to take the first weak steps towards You in order to feel that You are here, near, that You are leading us, that You are accepting us, that Your arms are open to us, the arms of the Heavenly Father Who is waiting for each of us.
Prayers before the Chalice
God! You see that every day of my life I violated Your will.
I'm not just like the prodigal son, I left - I rebelled against You, I turned into
into Your enemy - with all your thoughts, deeds and feelings. Will You forgive me, Lord? Will you allow me to your shrine?! That's what I'm praying for now
All that was forgotten by me, let it be forgiven by You. Everything that was done out of ignorance, out of misunderstanding, a lot of sins that are from childhood and youth
on me like sores - may they be healed and cleansed by You.
Lord Jesus Christ, let me come to the Holy Chalice, unite with the bonds of love, the bonds that the holy Church gives us, today, here
and now.
You Yourself, O Lord, said that if two or three were gathered in My name,
I am there among them. To all of us who have gathered, send down Your Spirit. Enlighten us all with Your blessing and make us Your children.
Lord, we stand before You, looking back at our lives. We broke everything, we broke everything. Our baptismal shirt bears all the dirty traces of our life - unworthy, not Christian, pagan. Lord, forgive us! Let us put on clean clothes so that we can share in Your divine meal.
Lord Jesus Christ! With them
from our hearts, the black seals of sins, put the seal of Your Spirit on us, so that we return to You, so that we again find love for You, so that we again become Your children from worthless slaves.
Lord, do not judge by our deeds, but by Your mercy. Not according to truth and justice, but according to Your grace. Forgive, wash, cleanse, make our former as if it had not been, put into our will a strong desire to live
in a Christian way. Let there be no evil in our language, let there be no darkness in our thoughts, let there be good in our heart!
Lord, You are our first and last, You are our only one, and we are going to You. But how ashamed and afraid we are, because we come in pride and conceit, in despondency and irritation, full of stupid, vain, empty thoughts, petty vanity, petty revenge, petty envy. We come, violating all Your commandments, all Your calls.
"Lord, we are not worthy to have You come under our roof." But still we are waiting for you. We still ask you to come. Still, we know that Your love will overcome our sinfulness, Your blood will wash away our imperfections.
We believe, Lord, that today You are here
with us that you unite us, that you
you purify us and free us. Let us feel the power of the beating of Your loving heart that is open to us. Teach us to open the door of our hearts to let You in as a guest into our home.
Let us touch You, be inspired by You! To leave here as if on wings, to know that You are with us, that You bless us, You love us, You heal us, You save us - with Your blood, Your heart, Your suffering.
Lord, accept and revive us, give us Your love, which will resurrect us.
Lord, let Your strength be in us.
May You be our real Sovereign and Lord!
blessing of the lamp
Shared prayer for the home group
BLESS THE LORD.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with joy; go before His face with an exclamation!
Know that the Lord is God, that
He made us and we are His
His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise. Praise Him, bless His name,
for the Lord is good: his mercy is forever,
and His truth unto generation and generation.
God! You tested me and you know.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; Do you understand thoughts
mine out.
Whether I go, whether I rest - You surround me, and all my ways are known to You.
There is still no word in my language - You, Lord, already know it perfectly.
Behind and in front You embrace me
and you lay your hand on me.
Wonderful for me is Your knowledge - high, I can not comprehend it!
Where can I go from Your Spirit, and where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven - You are there; will I get off
to the underworld - and there you are.
Should I take the wings of dawn and move to the edge of the sea, -
And there Your hand will lead me,
and your right hand will hold me.
Will I say: “Perhaps the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will become night”;
but darkness does not darken from You, and the night is as bright as day: both darkness and light.
How exalted are Your thoughts to me, O God,
and how great is their number!
Will I count them, but they are more numerous than sand; when I wake up, I'm still with You.
Test me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts;
And see if I'm on a dangerous path
and guide me to the eternal path.
Ps 139:1-12, 17, 18, 23, 24.
God! You are our refuge in generation and generation.
Before the mountains were born, and You formed the earth and the universe, and from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
You return a person to decay
and you say, "Return, sons of men!"
For a thousand years are before your eyes, like yesterday when it has passed, and like a watch in the night.
You carry them away like a flood;
they are like a dream, like grass that grows in the morning, blooms and turns green in the morning, is cut down and dries up in the evening;
You have put our iniquities before You and our secrets before the light of Your face.
All our days have passed in Thy wrath; we are losing our summers like sound.
The days of our years are seventy years, and with a greater strength - eighty years;
and their best time is labor
and illness, for they pass quickly,
and we're flying.
Teach us to count our days so that we may acquire a wise heart.
Satisfy us early with Thy mercy, and we will rejoice and be glad all our days.
Prayer of Moses, the man of God
Ps 89. 2-6, 8-10, 12, 14.
Behold, the hand of the Lord was not shortened to save, and His ear was not heavy to hear.
But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins turn away His face from you, so that they will not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your mouth speaks lies, your tongue speaks lies. No one raises their voice for the truth and no one intervenes
for truth; hope for empty
and speak lies, conceive evil
and give birth to villainy;
That is why judgment is far from us,
and justice does not reach us; we are waiting for the light, and behold, the darkness - illumination,
and walk in darkness.
We touch, like the blind a wall, and, as if without eyes, we grope; stumble
at noon, as in twilight, between
alive as dead.
We have betrayed and lied before the Lord, and have departed from our God; spoke slander and treason, conceived
and gave birth to false words from the heart.
And the court stepped back, and the truth stood afar off, for the truth stumbled in the square, and honesty cannot enter.
And there was no truth, and he who turns away from evil is subjected to insult.
And the Lord saw it, and it's disgusting
It was in His eyes that there is no judgment.
And he saw that there was no man, and marveled that there was no intercessor;
and his arm helped him, and his righteousness sustained him.
Isaiah 59:1-4, 9, 10, 13-16.
Thus says the Lord:
They seek me every day and want to know my ways, like a people who do what is right and do not forsake the laws of their God;
they ask Me about the judgments of righteousness, they desire to draw near to God:
“Why do we fast and You don’t see? humble our souls,
do not you know?"
Behold, on the day of your fast, you do your will and require hard work from others.
Behold, you fast for strife and strife
and in order to strike others with a bold hand; you do not fast at this time so that your voice will be heard
on high.
This is the fast I have chosen: loosen the shackles of iniquity, loosen the yoke,
and set the oppressed free,
and loose every yoke;
share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the wandering poor into your house; when you see a naked man, clothe him, and do not hide yourself from your kindred.
Then you will call, and the Lord will hear; You will cry out and He will say, “Here I am!”
When you remove the yoke from your midst, you will stop lifting your finger
and speak offensive
and give your soul to the hungry
and feed the soul of the sufferer: then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will like noon;
And the Lord will always be your guide, and in time of drought he will satisfy your soul and fatten your bones,
and you will be like a watered garden
and as a fountain whose waters never dry up.
Isaiah 58:2-4, 6, 7, 9-11.
Oh, that You would open the heavens and come down! the mountains would melt at your presence.
You have graciously met the one who rejoices and does what is right, who remembers You in Your ways. But behold, You are angry, because we have sinned of old; and how shall we be saved?
We all have become - as unclean,
and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; and we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
And there is no one who calls on Your name, who intends to hold fast to You; therefore You hid Your face from us and left us to perish because of our iniquities.
But now, Lord, You are our Father;
we are clay, and you are our educator,
and we are all the work of your hand.
Do not be angry, Lord, without measure, and do not remember iniquity forever. Behold, we are all Your people.
Isaiah 64:1:5-9.
They turn off the light. Everyone gets up.
Pause
Each in turn: Maranatha!
Light a lamp.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
did not hug him.
There was a true Light that enlightens every person who comes into the world.
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to his own, and his own
did not accept.
And to those who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave power
to be children of God.
John 1.5, 9-12.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish,
but had eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
He who believes in Him is not judged, but the unbeliever is already condemned, because he did not believe in the name of the Only Begotten Son of God.
The judgment is that light has come into the world; but the people loved the darkness more than the light, because their deeds were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be reproved, because they are evil; but he who does what is right goes
to the light, that his works may be manifest, for they have been done in God.
Jesus said:
You are the light of the world. A city on top of a mountain cannot hide.
And having lighted a candle, they do not put it under a vessel, but on a candlestick, and it gives light to all in the house.
So let your light shine before people, that they may see your good deeds.
and glorify your Father in heaven.
About times and seasons there is no need to write to you, brethren,
For you yourselves know for certain that the day of the Lord will thus come,
like a thief at night.
For when they say, "Peace
and safety," then sudden destruction will come upon them, just as childbirth comes upon a woman in her womb,
and will not escape.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that the day will find you like a thief.
For you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we are not sons night, no darkness.
So, let's not sleep, like the others,
but let us be awake and sober.
For the sleepers sleep at night,
and those who get drunk get drunk at night.
But we, being sons of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith
and love and in the helmet of the hope of salvation.
Always rejoice.
Pray without ceasing.
In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
I Thessalonians 5:1-8, 16-18.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
And I, John, saw the holy city of Jerusalem, new, coming down from God
from heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And the city does not need either the sun or the moon to illuminate it, for the glory of God has illuminated it,
and his lamp is the Lamb.
Rev 21. 1, 2, 23.
He who bears witness to this says: Surely, I am coming quickly! Amen.
Hey, come, Lord Jesus!
Amen.
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