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(Agape Service)
áL1999, 2000 Spruce Island Foundation
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C
HOIR
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Lord, have mercy.
D
EACON
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Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by Thy Grace.
C
HOIR
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Lord, have mercy.
D
EACON
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Calling to remembrance our most holy, most pure, most blessed, glorious Lady
Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and
one another and all our life unto Christ our God.
C
HOIR
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To Thee, O Lord.
D
EACON
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For unto Thee is due all glory, honor, and worship; to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the Ages of Ages.
C
HOIR
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Amen.
Lord, I have Cried Unto TheeÁ-¬
(Tone 2)
C
HOIR
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Lord. I have cried unto thee, hearken unto me. / Hearken unto me, O Lord. / Lord, I
have cried unto thee, hearken unto me, / attend to the voice of my supplication. / When
I cry unto thee, / Hearken unto me, O Lord.
Let my prayer arise / in Thy sight as incense, / and let the lifting up of my hands / be
an evening sacrifice. / Hearken unto me, O Lord.
R
EADER
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If thou shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, O Lord, who shall stand? / For with Thee
there is forgiveness.
C
HOIR
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Come, let us worship Him, Who was begotten of the Father before all Ages, / God the
Word, incarnate of Mary, the Virgin. / For of His own will He endured the Cross, and
was committed to the grave, / and He rose from the dead and saved me, an erring
man.
R
EADER
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For Thy nameÁ-?s sake have I patiently waited for Thee, O Lord; my soul hath waited
patiently for Thy word; / my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
C
HOIR
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Christ our Savior blotted out the manuscript that was against us, / and nailed it to His
Cross, / and annulled the power of Death. / We worship His Resurrection on the third
day.