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ACCLAMATION
Glorious Nicholas, The Holy Preacher of Christ, you are the great and fervent protector of those in danger: those on land and sea, far off or near, for you are a most comassionate and mighty intercessor. Therefore as we assemble, we cry aloud: Pray to the Lord that we may be delivered from all danger
Prayer to St Nicholas of Myra
O Saint Nicholas, bountiful Father and special Patron of our Byzantine Catholic Church; you are a shepherd and teacher to all who invoke your protection, and who, by devout prayer, call upon you for aid. Hasten and save the flock of Christ from ravenous wolves, and by your holy prayers protect all Christians and save them from worldy disturbances, earthquakes, attacks from abroad, from internal strife, from famine, flood, fire, sword, and sudden death. As you had mercy on those three men in prison and saved them from the king’s wrath, now also have mercy on me who, by word, deed, and thought, have sunk into the darkness of sin. Save me from the just anger of God, and from eternal punishment. Through your intercession and aid, as well as through His own mercy and grace, may Christ our God allow me to lead a tranquil and sinless life, and save me from standing at His left, but deem me worthy to stand at His right with all the saints. Amen.
Here is an ancient Eastern Orthodox Russian prayer to St. Nicholas:
O most holy Nicholas,
thou extraordinary Saint of the Lord,
our loving defender,
and ready helper in sorrows everywhere:
help us sinners and hapless ones in life:
entreat the Lord God to grant us
remission of all of our sins,
that we have committed from our youth,
and all our life,
by deed, word, thought, and all our senses;
And in the passing of our souls,
help us wretched ones;
entreat the Lord God and Maker of all creation,
to deliver us from trials and eternal torment:
that we may always glorify the Father,
and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
now and forever, and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Most inspirational Scripture readings.
| Lk 5:17-26 | |||
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| 17 | And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to heal them. | et factum est in una dierum et ipse sedebat docens et erant Pharisaei sedentes et legis doctores qui venerant ex omni castello Galilaeae et Iudaeae et Hierusalem et virtus erat Domini ad sanandum eos | |
| 18 | And behold, men brought in a bed a man who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in and to lay him before him. | et ecce viri portantes in lecto hominem qui erat paralyticus et quaerebant eum inferre et ponere ante eum | |
| 19 | And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus. | et non invenientes qua parte illum inferrent prae turba ascenderunt supra tectum per tegulas submiserunt illum cum lecto in medium ante Iesum | |
| 20 | Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. | quorum fidem ut vidit dixit homo remittuntur tibi peccata tua | |
| 21 | And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? | et coeperunt cogitare scribae et Pharisaei dicentes quis est hic qui loquitur blasphemias quis potest dimittere peccata nisi solus Deus | |
| 22 | And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts? | ut cognovit autem Iesus cogitationes eorum respondens dixit ad illos quid cogitatis in cordibus vestris | |
| 23 | Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk? | quid est facilius dicere dimittuntur tibi peccata an dicere surge et ambula | |
| 24 | But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house. | ut autem sciatis quia Filius hominis potestatem habet in terra dimittere peccata ait paralytico tibi dico surge tolle lectum tuum et vade in domum tuam | |
| 25 | And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay: and he went away to his own house, glorifying God. | et confestim surgens coram illis tulit in quo iacebat et abiit in domum suam magnificans Deum | |
| 26 | And all were astonished: and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to-day. | et stupor adprehendit omnes et magnificabant Deum et repleti sunt timore dicentes quia vidimus mirabilia hodie |
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