Prayers of the Saints [ Prayer Book Index ]

Prayer By Saint Basil
Having received Your pure and life-giving mysteries O Master, Christ our God, King of Ages and Creator of all, I thank You for every good thing You have granted me. Therefore, I pray You, O Good and Loving One, keep me in Your shelter and under the shadow of Your wings. Grant that I may, in clear conscience, and until my final breath, worthily partake of Your Holy Gifts for the forgiveness of my sins and life everlasting. You are the bread of life, source of sanctification and giver of all that is good and to You we give glory, as with Your Father and the Holy Spirit, now and always, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer By Saint Simon the Translator
He who willingly gave me His flesh for nourishment is fire and consumes the unworthy. Do not consume me, my Creator, do not! Rather, come into the members of my body and all that compose me; my rhenal internals and into my heart. Burn away the thorns of my sins; cleanse my soul, sanctify my thoughts, strengthen my knees and my bones and enlighten my senses; wholly instill in me Your fear; ever guard me; keep me and protect me from every deed and word that may corrupt my soul. Purify me. Purge and put my life in order. Give me beauty, understanding and enlightenment. Prove me to be the dwelling of Your One Spirit and no longer the dwelling of sin. Through Holy Communion You entered within me and I became Your dwelling place. Therefore, let every evil doer and every calamity flee from me as though I were fire. All the Saints, the ranks of the Bodiless Powers, the Forerunner, the wise Apostles and Your pure, immaculate Mother, I bring before You as my intercessors. As compassionate Christ, receive their prayers, and make me, who worships You, a child of light. For You alone, O Good One, are the sanctification and radiance of our souls and to You, fittingly, as God and Master, we all offer praise daily.

Prayer of St. Ephraim
0 Lord and Master of my life, take away from me the will to be lazy and be sad; the desire to get ahead of other people and to boast and brag.

Give me instead, a pure and humble spirit, the will to be patient with other people, and to love them.

Grant Lord that I may realize my own mistakes, and keep me from judging the things other people do.

For You are blessed now and forever. Amen.

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