The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 25 of 59
26.
I am become my own idol, and have injured my soul with
passions, O merciful Lord, but accept me in penitence and
recall me to awareness of Thee. May I never be the
possession or food of the enemy. O Savior, have
compassion on me.
27.
I have not listened to Thy voice, I have disobeyed Thy
Scripture, O Lawgiver, but accept me in penitence and recall
me to awareness of Thee. May I never be the possession or
food of the enemy. O Savior, have compassion on me.
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
By living a bodiless life in a body, O Saint, thou
hast truly received great grace from God to intercede for
those who faithfully honor thee. Therefore we implore thee:
deliver us by thy prayers from trials of all kinds.
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
Though dragged down to the depth of great
offences, thou wast not held there. But with better thought
thou didst return by action to consummate virtue beyond all
expectation, to the amazement of angel kind, O Mary.
Refrain:
Holy father Andrew, pray for us.
To St. Andrew of Crete:
O Andrew, glory of the Fathers, standing
before the transcendingly divine Trinity, by thy prayers cease
not to intercede that we who invoke thee with love may be
delivered from torment, O divine intercessor, adornment of
Crete.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit: