The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 42 of 59
20.
My days have vanished like a dream on waking. Therefore
I weep on my bed like Hezekiah that years may be added to
my life. But what Isaiah will come to you, my soul, except the
God of all?
(IV Kings 20:3; Isaiah 38:2)
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
By crying to the immaculate Mother of God,
thou didst repel the rage of passions which once violently
harassed thee, and didst put to shame the enemy tempter.
But now grant me, thy servant, also help out of trouble.
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
He Whom thou lovest, He Whom thou desirest,
He on Whose track thou camest, mother, found thee and
granted thee repentance, for He is God Who alone is
compassionate. Implore Him unceasingly to deliver us from
passions and adversities.
Refrain:
Holy father Andrew, pray for us.
To St. Andrew of Crete:
Strengthen me on the rock of faith by thy
intercessions, O father, and wall and fortify me with an awed
sense of the divine indwelling, and grant me repentance, O
Andrew, now. And I implore thee to deliver me from the
snares of foes actively seeking my life.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit:
To The Trinity:
O Trinity simple and undivided, of one essence
and one nature, Lights and Light, three Holies and one Holy,
God the Trinity is hymned. But sing, my soul, and glorify the
Life and Lives, the God of all.
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.