439. Молитва при освящении древней плащаницы

(Said in the Assumption Meeting on October 11th; published in the Wanderer, 1864) God the Father Almighty, who was well pleased with Your Only Begotten Son from the Most Holy Ever-Virgin Mary, put on human nature, and, like a sheep on the altar, offered Himself on the cross as a sacrifice for our salvation; after death, the cross and burial, with the wrapping of the shroud, received, and, on the third day, I rose again, the burial shroud as a testimony of the life-giving. Leave His resurrection in the tomb, look with grace on this shroud, the image of His burial, consecrated in ancient times, but offended by the touch of the irreverent, and sanctify it again, so that those who look at her and worship before her may reverently remember the saving suffering and death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in faith and Divine love and in hope in Thy grace and salvation are established. For You are the Source of sanctification and grace, and to You we send glory to the beginningless Father with Your Only Begotten Son and Your Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. You might be interested in: