After reading the Creed in secret, I add the following prayer: strengthen my heart and the hearts of all Orthodox Christians in this faith; sowing faith and this aspiration, it is worthy to live wisely; unite in this faith all the great Christian societies that have miserably fallen away from the unity of the Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, which is Thy body and who art the Head and Savior of the body, overthrow the pride and opposition of their teachers and those who follow them, grant them with their hearts to understand the truth and salvation of Thy Church and unflatteringly unite with it; gather together the saints of Your Church and those who suffer from ignorance, error and the stubbornness of schism, breaking through the power of the grace of Your Spirit their stubbornness and opposition to Your truth, so that they do not perish more fiercely in their opposition, like Korah, Dathan and Abiron, who opposed Moses and Aaron, Your servants (Ps. 105: 16-18).
All the tongues inhabiting the earth have been drawn to this faith, so that with one heart and one mouth all the nations glorify You, the only God and Benefactor of all; in this faith, unite us all with the spirit of meekness, humility, kindness, simplicity, dispassion, patience and long-suffering, mercy, condolences and rejoicing.
After uttering the exclamation: woe is our heart, I secretly say: lift up with Your Holy Spirit all those who come here to You, the God of our life, and cast away from our hearts all passions of the flesh and soul.
After the Eucharistic exclamation: we thank the Lord, a prayer is read worthily and righteously to sing thee and so on; During the secret reading of this prayer, after the words You brought us from non-existence into existence, I add to strengthen the grateful feeling the words: into a rational existence and immortal in the soul, i.e. you brought; after the words: Thou hast raised us who have fallen, and I add again: and a hundredfold every day thou raisest those who sin and repent; after the words: until now You have raised us to heaven, and You have bestowed the kingdom of the future, I add secretly: You, in our very communion of Your life-giving Mysteries, are already raising us to heaven, for where You are, there is heaven and heaven, and having given Yourself to the faithful, You have already granted with You the Kingdom of Heaven, the kingdom of the future, in pledge of the Most Pure Body and Blood Yours. When reading the prayer: with these blessed powers... with the words: Having betrayed myself for my worldly life, I add from myself, to deepen the feelings of gratitude and tenderness, the words: above all for me, a sinner, may I be freed from deadly sin and may I live forever.
After the words: take, eat, this is My body, broken for you for the remission of sins, I secretly add from myself to exalt the feeling of gratitude and amazement: oh divine, oh dear, oh your sweetest voice! ... Also after the words: Drink of it, all of you, for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins, I add the same words. At the same time, I imagine, if possible, the immeasurable goodness and voluntary exhaustion of the Lord, who by the will of all Himself exhausted for the sake of our salvation to the cross and death, and His extreme desire for us all to be fellow members of His Divinity and humanity, having crucified our flesh with passions and lusts (Gal. 5:24).
When I pronounce the words: Yours from Yours to You for all and for all, I imagine the solemnity and greatness of this moment, when a bishop or priest, standing face to face with the eternal, perfect, unchangeable truth of the Heavenly Father, who punishes sin, offers on behalf of all and for all the one, immeasurable, all-righteous, propitiatory Sacrifice of Christ the Son of God, the only one who can bend to the mercy of God Father, to redeem the whole world from the righteous curse and to intercede for all believers forgiveness of sins and blessings, and for those who have fallen asleep in the faith and hope of resurrection and eternal life - forgiveness of sins and peace with the saints; The sacrifice by which all the saints who have pleased God from the ages were justified, and in thanksgiving for whom it is also offered. Bringing this terrible, all-saving Sacrifice, the primate prays to God the Father or, according to the missal, asks and prays and prays (that is, tenderly asks) to send the Holy Spirit on those who stand before the throne of justice and mercy and on the gifts that are presented.
In these especially moments, the entire heart of the clergy should be completely given to God, so much so that the priest is terrified of our salvation and deliverance from the devil, from sin, damnation and eternal death, and not think about anything earthly, lest the terrible heavenly Sacrifice be offended by unworthy, base, passionate thoughts. After the blessing of the Eucharistic bread and wine and after their transformation into the Most Pure Body and Blood and after saying the affirmative: Amen, Amen, Amen, everyone bows to the ground, and I say to myself or in a low voice: God has appeared in the flesh (Tim. 3:16). The Word became flesh and dwelt in us (John 1:14).
After the exclamation: much about the Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Blessed, Most Glorious Our Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, remembering most of all those born of women, the venerable glorious prophet, the Forerunner and Baptist John, the holy apostles and saints, whose memory is celebrated on the day of the Liturgy, and having prayed for the repose of the departed, bishops or the priest prays to the Lord to remember every Orthodox bishopric, and I add secretly from myself: remember, Lord, all the Orthodox bishops, bearers of Thy Spirit, Thy righteousness, Thy power and Thy judgment, Thy holiness, Thy immortality, Thy new creation, Thy blessing, Thy good will, Thy sanctification and Thy deification, bearers of Thy mind and Thy heart: we are the mind of Christ imams (1 Cor. 2:16), Thy lordship and magnificence, all presbytery, and I add secretly: to whom have You entrusted the ministry of reconciliation of people with God, repentance, renewal, renewal, enlightenment, blessing, multiplication of the race through the sacrament of marriage, sanctification and deification and all the heavenly sacraments, except ordination - may it be worthy of its title, and may the right live and perform sacred acts, and bring prayers to You, Master, in a God-pleasing manner, for everyone and for everything.
Remember also in Christ the deaconry, which assists the priesthood and serves the heavenly Mysteries, and every priestly order.
We also bring to You a verbal service about the universe, about the Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church composed of all nations; and in the storm of this world and the prince of darkness, pacify the existing churches and plant firm piety in them; about our Most Pious, Most Autocratic Sovereign, who is the image on earth of Your all-good, all-righteous, all-powerful, all-wise power, about His Spouse, about His Heir - the hope of Your Church and Your kingdom... and about the entire reigning House. And so on.
During the reading by the deacon of the litany: remembering all the saints and during the secret reading by the priest of the prayer: We offer You our entire life and hope, Lord, Lover of Mankind, and we ask, and we pray, and we pray, grant us to partake of Your heavenly and terrible Mysteries, sowing sacred and spiritual meals, with a clear conscience, for the remission of sins, for forgiveness sins, into the communion of the Holy Spirit, into the inheritance of the Kingdom of Heaven, into boldness towards You, not into judgment or condemnation, I add secretly for myself: into boldness before all Your people, into the eradication of corrupting, flattering, annoying, violating, darkening, shaming, soul-killing passions that separate from You, to plant, the return, the establishment in the souls of all true, life-giving virtues, in fulfillment of wisdom, to teach all people your faith and commandments, for the illumination of my light before your people, for they may see my good deeds and glorify you, our Father in heaven, so that I do not wear in vain the great heavenly, angelic, idolizing, sovereign rank of the priesthood, not in trial or condemnation.
When I receive Holy Communion The Mysteries after reading the prescribed prayers: I believe, Lord, and confess... and your secret Supper... and so on, then I say secretly: the Lord is in me personally, God and man, hypostatically, essentially, immutably, cleansing, sanctifying, victorious, renewing, deifying, miraculous (which I feel in myself). Then I won’t add anything more from myself..
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