Canons for Holy Communion
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Eirmos: From a virgin didst Thou come, not as an ambassador, nor as an Angel, hut
the very Lord Himself incarnate, and didst save me, the whole man. Wherefore I cry
to Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Lord.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
Heal, O my Jesus, the wounds of my soul, O my Jesus, I pray, and snatch me from the
hand of soul-corrupting Belial, O my compassionate Jesus, and save me.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
I have sinned, O my sweetest Jesus; O compassionate one, O my Jesus, save me who
flee to Thy protection, O long-suffering Jesus, and vouchsafe me Thy kingdom.
O sweetest Jesus, save us.
No one hath sinned, O my Jesus, as have I, the wretched one; but now I fall down
praying: Save me, O my Jesus, and grant me life, O my Jesus.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
O all-hymned one, who gavest birth to the Lord Jesus, implore Him to deliver from
torment all who hymn thee and call thee truly the Theotokos.
To the Theotokos:
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
O thou who gavest birth to the Lord Pilot, still the storm of my sins, and the turmoil of
my passions, O Bride of God.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
I call upon the abyss of thy compassion grant it me, for thou didst give birth to the
kindhearted One and Saviour of all that hymn thee.