The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 35 of 59
Kontakion, tone 6:
My soul, my soul, arise! Why are you sleeping? The
end is drawing near, and you will be confounded.
Awake, then, and be watchful, that Christ our God
may spare you, Who is everywhere present and fills
all things.
Eikos:
Seeing Christ's healing temple opened, and how health
Streams from Him to Adam, the devil suffered and was
stricken. Then he wailed as if in mortal danger and to his
friends raised a bitter howl: what shall I do to the Son of
Mary? The Bethlehemite is killing me, Who is everywhere
present and fills all things.
Then we sing the Beatitudes:
In Thy Kingdom remember us, O Lord, when Thou
comest in Thy Kingdom.
1.
Thou didst make the Robber a citizen of Paradise on the
Cross when he cried to Thee, O Christ, "Remember me!"
Make me, unworthy as I am, also worthy of his repentance.
(Luke 23:42,43)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
Kingdom of Heaven.
2.
Have you heard, my soul, of Manoah of old who saw God
in a waking vision and received from his barren wife the fruit
of God's promise? Let us imitate his piety.
(Judges 13. )
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be
comforted.