1312. Master! Accept my tearful prayer for my spiritual children and all Orthodox Christians who please You as my very concern for their salvation, for my pastoral care! Be, according to my prayer, You Yourself a voice and a trumpet for them, awakening them from the sleep of sin, and an eye watching over their hearts, and a hand that strengthens them on the path to the mountainous fatherland and raising up those who fall from lack of faith, cowardice and despondency, and maternal love, of which I am poor, tenderly caring for their true good; be unto them all, and save every one (1 Cor. 9:22). For you are the only truly Shepherd, who invisibly and secretly shepherds the very souls of men. You are the only true and wise Teacher, speaking into the very hearts of Your people; You are the only true Lover of Your creatures and children by grace; You have an abyss of wisdom and omnipotence. You are the only one who is ever awake and never sleeps, and in our very sleep you teach us Your ways.
- Be Thou, O Master, instead of me the Shepherd and Teacher of Thy sheep entrusted to me from Thee; Lead them yourself to green pastures; Protect them yourself from spiritual and carnal wolves; Direct their feet yourself to the path of truth, righteousness and peace. Instead of me, be for them light, and eyes, and lips, and hands, and wisdom, and most of all love, with which I, a great sinner, am poor.
1318. ...Glory to Thy righteousness, O Lord!
1335. ... O great God, glorified God, God of miracles, God of mercy, generosity and unspeakable love for mankind, glory to You always, now and ever and unto ages of ages! Amen.
1337. When, during the prayer of the Mother of God, you do not find in your heart the appropriate reverence for Her, and you feel evil and blasphemous thoughts, then exclaim the following praiseworthy words that are appropriate to Her: “You, Lady, are all light, all holiness, all goodness, all wisdom, you can do everything, as the Mother of the Almighty, You are always one and the same all-perfect as the Mother of the all-perfect King of glory!
1403. Oh, amazing proof of the omnipresence of God! For example, you were hurt, let’s say, by silver: you clung to it with your heart even for a minute, and your heart hurts; but only you will tell God with all your heart: You are my only Treasure, You are my silver and gold, food and clothing, and now it will be easy for you.
1459. ...God almighty, wise and all-good! Your hand is constantly on me, a sinner, and there is not a moment when Your goodness leaves me. Grant me to always kiss Your right hand with living faith! Why should I go far to look for traces of Your goodness, Your wisdom and Your omnipotence? Oh! These traces are so clearly visible in me. I am a miracle of God's goodness, wisdom and omnipotence. I, in a small form, am the whole world, my soul is a representative of the invisible world; my body is a representative of the visible world.
1490. Prayer hopes to receive everything. Tri-radiant Love, have mercy on me!
1504. ...Say to the Lord: my limited spirit has come from Your infinite, all-perfect Spirit; Behold, I am poor, my Lord, in wisdom and reason, or in faith, hope and love, meekness and humility: look upon the desire of my heart and grant me Your wisdom, unashamed faith, unchanging hope, unfeigned love (8 prayers of the priest in the morning).
1526. Lord! give me a simple, kind, open, believing, loving, generous heart.
1557. Glory to the Spirit of God, who proceeds from the Father to give life to every creature and fills the whole universe. Glory to Him, who gives life to angels and men and every creature. Glory to Him, our Strength, our Shrine. Glory to Him, coeternal Father and Son!
1560. Glory to you, All-Holy One, life-giving soul, proceeding from the Father and resting ever in the Son, inseparable from the Father and the Son! Glory to Thee, Son of God, in the Spirit of God you cast out demons and through Him build our salvation, sanctify, make us wise, strengthen us! Glory to Thee, Father, bless us ever in the Son with the Holy Spirit! Indivisible Trinity Unit, have mercy on us!
1566. Holy Soul, living, personal, sovereign, living connection of the Father and the Son - have mercy on me!
1567. Holy Soul, life-giving and uniter of all creation, especially rational creatures, the strength of all creation - have mercy on me!
1571. ...Wonderful are You, our God, who created everything with Your hypostatic Word and accomplished everything with the Hypostatic Spirit!
1572. This is the greatness of Your divine, Lord the Savior, that the life of every creature is in You, as a hypostatic Life, so that everyone honors You, as they honor the Father; This is your greatness, Holy Soul, life-giving, that you sanctify everyone, strengthen you and live together with the Father and the Son, so that everyone honors you as they honor the Father and the Son; This is Your greatness, Holy Soul, that the only begotten Son of God, as one in essence with You, has created powers and miracles through You, and through You He sanctifies, strengthens and leads us to His Father. Thus the imams bring one soul to the Father (Eph. 2:18).
1573. ...O Holy Soul, life-giving, Soul of grace, have mercy on us!
1575. ...Glory to the Comforter Spirit!
1608. Captivate me, O Master, into the sweet captivity of Your Holy Spirit, so that, like streams in the south (Ps. 125:4), my words will flow to Your Glory and to the salvation of Your people. Grant me this sweet and powerful inner urge to express freely on the charter the fullness of spiritual visions and feelings. Let my tongue be like the reed of the scribe (Ps. 44:2) - the All-Holy Spirit.
1687. Say: I have nothing of my own, everything is God’s. Ours is the dream of our sinful flesh. Everything is common - these are the words of a renewed man! “Everything is common to them, and not a single word says that it is their own (Acts 4:32). God! Yours is dati mi this.
1693. O Trinity, our God! simple Being, who created our soul in Your image, so that in You we have our life and peace! O Trinity, our Nourisher and our Hope! Give us in You alone to always place our hope, in You alone to find life and peace. O Trinity! You, like a mother, carry us all in Your arms and feed us all from Your hands, like the most tender mother! You will never forget us: for You Yourself said: even if a wife (mother) forgets someone, I will not forget you (Isaiah 49:15), i.e. I will not stop feeding, protecting, defending and saving you. You Yourself also said: the imam will not depart from you, the imam will leave you below (Heb. 13:5). ...
1721. Strengthen, God, strengthen, God, help, God! - Oh Lord, save me! O Lord, hasten (Ps. 118:25)!
1771. ...Say: Thy will be done, Holy Father! ...
1801. ...Glory to Thy mercy, O Lord! Glory to Your long-suffering, O Lord!
1809. ...Pray, brother, for me - (tell the one who blamed) - that the Lord will enlighten me and help me with His grace to carry out my title with due diligence and willingness and fulfill the work of public service entrusted to me. ...
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