The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 28 of 59
7.
You have heard, my soul, of Moses' ark of old, borne on the
waters and waves of the river as in a shrine, which escaped
the bitter tragedy of Pharaoh's edict.
(Exodus 1:22 - 2:3)
8.
If you have heard of the midwives, wretched soul, who of
old killed in infancy the manly issue and practice of chastity,
then like the great Moses, suck wisdom.
(Exodus 1:16; 2-9; Acts 7:22)
9.
You, wretched soul, have not struck and killed your
Egyptian mind, like great Moses. Say, then, how will you
dwell in that desert solitude where the passions desert you
through repentance?
(Exodus 2:12)
10.
Great Moses dwelt in the wilds, my soul. So go and imitate
his life, that you too may attain by contemplation to the vision
of God in the bush.
(Exodus 3:1)
11.
Imagine Moses' staff striking the sea and fixing the deep
as a type of the divine Cross, by which you too, my soul, can
accomplish great things.
(Exodus 14:16)
12.
Aaron offered to God the fire pure and undefiled; but
Hophni and Phinehas, like you, my soul, offered to God a
foul and rebellious life.
(Leviticus 9:21-24; I Kings 2:12-34)
13. .
How heavy in character I have become, in soul and body,
like Jannes and Jambres in Pharaoh's bitter service, and my
mind has sunk low. But help me, O Lord.
(Exodus 7:11; II Timothy 3:8)
14.
I, wretch that I am, have rolled my mind in mud. But wash
me, O Lord, in the bath of my tears, I pray Thee, and make
the robe of my flesh as white as snow.
15.
When I examine my actions, O Savior, I see that I have
gone beyond all men in sins; for I have sinned with
knowledge consciously, and not in ignorance.