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Simon Khorolskiy - О, если б навеки 3:44
Oh, if I could only forever be yours
At your feet so gently attending
I’d listen obediently with lively joys
The stories of wonderful Eden.
The stories of happiness, love, life, and peace
From your Book, you would be revealing.
Like heavenly angels with eternal bliss
My jubilant soul would be filling.
Oh, if I could only forever be yours
By your chest to be calmly dwelling.
I would give away everything of this earth
To only be called by your name.
A tender voice speaking I heard deep inside
The voice reassuring and gentle
It’s whispering quietly: come to my light,
I am your decisions awaiting.
The price of salvation to pay I was glad,
On earth, I had wandered lonely,
To save you, I willingly shed precious blood,
Although far away you were roaming.
You are now mine, and all questions, all doubts
Forever from you, I am taking
Oh, friend! Oh, my brother! Surrendering, come,
For so long I have been waiting!
And humbly repenting I fell on my knees,
Rending my clothes and weeping,
But God has embraced me and softly called his.
All my sins are now forgiven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bH2vqzT29k
Joining all…
Amen.
Amen !!! <><
Psalm 44
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
our ancestors have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory;
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.
4 You are my King and my God;
you command* victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down our assailants.
6 For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes,
and have put to confusion those who hate us.
8 In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name for ever.
Selah
9 Yet you have rejected us and abased us,
and have not gone out with our armies.
10 You made us turn back from the foe,
and our enemies have taken spoil for themselves.
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter,
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbours,
the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughing-stock* among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face
16 at the words of the taunters and revilers,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten you,
or been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,
19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Because of you we are being killed all day long,
and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not cast us off for ever!
24 Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For we sink down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up, come to our help.
Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.
Amen and God bless.
Equal of the Apostles and Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen (commemorated yesterday)
Troparion
Having seen the image of Your Cross in the heavens, / like Paul you did not receive your call from men. / O Lord, Your Apostle among kings, the Emperor Constantine, / has placed the Imperial City in Your hand; / always preserve it in peace, through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O only lover of mankind.
Kontakion
Today Constantine and his mother Helen / reveal the precious Cross, / the weapon of the faithful / against their enemies. / For our sakes, it has been shown to be a great sign, and fearsome in battle.
Dear Lord, enable us to chose righteous rulers, in this our Republic! Amen!