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Canons for Holy Communion
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Jesus, keep my heart from evil!
Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me!
Kontakion 12
Grant me Thy grace, O Jesus, Absolver of all debts, and receive me who am repenting,
as Thou didst receive Peter who denied Thee, and call me who am downcast, as of old
Thou didst call Paul who persecuted Thee, and hear me crying to Thee: Alleluia!
Ekos 12
Praising Thine incarnation, we all glorify Thee and, with Thomas, we believe that Thou
art our Lord and God, sitting with the Father and coming to judge the living and the
dead. Grant that then I may stand on Thy right hand, who now cry:
Jesus, Eternal King, have mercy on me!
Jesus, sweet-scented Flower, make me fragrant!
Jesus, beloved Warmth, make me warm!
Jesus, Eternal Temple, shelter me!
Jesus, Garment of Light, adorn me!
Jesus, Pearl of great price, beam on me!
Jesus, precious Stone, illumine me!
Jesus, Sun of Righteousness, shine on me!
Jesus, holy Light, make me radiant!
Jesus, deliver me from sickness of soul and body!
Jesus, rescue me from the hands of the adversary!
Jesus, save me from the unquenchable fire and from the other eternal torments!
Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me!
Kontakion 13
O most sweet and most compassionate Jesus! Receive now this our small supplication,
as Thou didst receive the widow's two mites, and keep Thine inheritance from all
enemies, visible and invisible, from foreign invasion, from disease and hunger, from all
tribulations and mortal wounds, and rescue from the torment to come all that cry to
Thee: Alleluia! (Thrice)