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Canons for Holy Communion
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As when seeing the widow weeping bitterly, O Lord, Thou wast moved with pity, and
didst raise her son from the dead as he was being carried to burial, likewise have pity
on me, O Lover of mankind, and raise my soul, deadened by sins, as I cry: Alleluia!
Ekos 2
Seeking to understand the incomprehensible, Philip asked: "Lord, show us the Father,"
and Thou didst answer him: "Have I been so long with you and yet hast thou not known
that I am in the Father and the Father in Me?" Likewise, O Inconceivable One, with
fear I cry to Thee:
Jesus, Eternal God!
Jesus, All-Powerful King!
Jesus, Long-suffering Master!
Jesus, All-Merciful Saviour!
Jesus, my gracious Guardian!
Jesus, cleanse my sins!
Jesus, take away mine iniquities!
Jesus, pardon mine unrighteousness!
Jesus, my Hope, forsake me not!
Jesus, my Helper, reject me not!
Jesus, my Creator, forget me not!
Jesus, my Shepherd, destroy me not!
Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me!
Kontakion 3
Thou Who didst endue with power from on high Thine Apostles who tarried in
Jerusalem, O Jesus, clothe also me, stripped bare of all good work, with the warmth of
Thy Holy Spirit, and grant that with love I may sing to Thee: Alleluia!
Ekos 3
In the abundance of Thy mercy, O Jesus, Thou hast called publicans and sinners and
infidels. Now disdain me not who am like them, but as precious myrrh accept this
song: