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To: Mad Dawg

Lord, as we approach the celebration of Lent we ask your help.

Help us to pray with new fervor.

Help us to give alms generously.

Help us to fast with a happy heart and a smile on our face.

And lastly, Lord, please help us to keep our silence and not boast!

Amen!


1,272 posted on 03/05/2011 12:41:49 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation; Mad Dawg; big'ol_freeper; Judith Anne
Prayer of +Ephraim the Syrian prayed by the community at church in the evening throughout Great and Holy Lent

Κύριε καὶ Δέσποτα τῆς ζωῆς μου, πνεῦμα ἀργίας, περιεργίας, φιλαρχίας, καὶ ἀργολογίας μή μοι δῷς.

Πνεῦμα δὲ σωφροσύνης, ταπεινοφροσύνης, ὑπομονῆς, καὶ ἀγάπης χάρισαί μοι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ.

Ναί, Κύριε Βασιλεῦ, δώρησαι μοι τοῦ ὁρᾶν τὰ ἐμὰ πταίσματα, καὶ μὴ κατακρίνειν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, ὅτι εὐλογητὸς εἶ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

This is:

O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the spirit of sloth, idle curiosity, lust for power and idle talk. [Full prostration]

But grant unto me, Thy servant, a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love.[Full prostration]

Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see mine own faults and not to judge my brother. For blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages. Amen.[Full prostration]

1,279 posted on 03/05/2011 5:16:49 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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