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The COMMONITORY of St Vincent of Lerins
This page was born because of my activities on groups and boards. But in the end, the only thing that matters is a prayer life and a life of partaking of the Holy Mysteries. Arguments do not mean a thing. What means something is living a Christ like life, a life of prayer and repentance.
| THE PRAYER OF MANASSEH NEW ENGLISH BIBLE |
| Lord Almighty, |
| God of our fathers, |
| of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, |
| and of their righteous offspring; |
| who hast made heaven and earth in their manifold array; |
| who hast confined the ocean by thy word of command, |
| who hast shut up the abyss and sealed it with thy fearful and glorious name; |
| all things tremble and quake in the face of thy power. |
| For the majesty of thy glory is more than man can bear, |
| and none can endure thy menacing wrath against sinners; |
| the mercy in thy promise is beyond measure: none can fathom it. |
| For thou art Lord Most High, |
| compassionate, patient, and of great mercy, |
| relenting when men suffer for their sins. |
| For out of thy great goodness thou, O God, |
| hast promised repentance and remission to those who sin against thee, |
| and in thy boundless mercy thou hast appointed repentance for sinners as the way to salvation. |
| So thou, Lord God of the righteous, |
| didst not appoint repentance for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, |
| who were righteous and did not against thee, |
| but for me, a sinner, |
| whose sins are more in number than the sands of the sea. |
| My transgressions abound, O Lord, my transgressions abound, |
| and I am not worthy to look up and gaze at the height of heaven |
| because of the number of my wrongdoings. |
| Bowed down with a heavy chain of iron, |
| I grieve over my sins and find no relief, |
| because I have provoked thy anger |
| and done what is evil in thine eyes, |
| setting up idols and so piling sin on sin. |
| Now I humble my heart, imploring thy great goodness. |
| I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned |
| and I acknowledge my transgressions. |
| I pray and beseech thee, |
| spare me, O Lord, spare me, |
| destroy me not with my transgressions on my head, |
| do not be angry with me for ever, nor store up evil for me. |
| Do not condemn me to the grave, |
| for thou, Lord, art the God of the penitent. |
| Thou wilt show thy goodness towards me, |
| for unworthy as I am thou wilt save me in thy great mercy; |
| and so I shall praise thee continually all the days of my life. |
| For all the host of heaven sings thy praise, |
| and thy glory is for ever and ever. Amen. |
I am an Orthodox Christian, and for an Orthodox person life is found in prayer and partaking of the Sacramental life of the Church, that is confession, Eucharist, Healing, and so forth. On a links page I will give links to find out more about the Church of the Apostles. More about the Living Tradition of Prayer in the Eastern Church.
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| O Holy Martyr Peter the Aleut pray unto God for us! | O Holy Father Jacob, pray unto God for us! |
| Psalm 121 NEW ENGLISH BIBLE |
| If I lift up my eyes to the hills, |
| where shall I find help? |
| Help comes only from the LORD, |
| maker of heaven and earth. |
| How could he let your foot stumble? |
| How could he, your guardian, |
| sleep? |
| The guardian of Israel |
| never slumbers, never sleeps. |
| The LORD is your guardian, |
| your defence at your right hand; |
| the sun will not strike you by day |
| nor the moon by night. |
| The LORD will guard you against |
| all evil; |
| he will guard you, body and soul. |
| The LORD will guard your going |
| and your coming, |
| now and for evermore. |
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