The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 53 of 59
AND THE REST OF THE GREAT CANON
Song 9. Tone 6.
Eirmos
Ineffable is the childbearing of a seedless
conception, unsullied the pregnancy of a Virgin
Mother, for the birth of God renews natures. So in all
generations we magnify thee in orthodox fashion as
the Mother and Bride of God. (2)
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
1.
The mind is wounded, the body is feeble, the spirit is sick,
the word has lost its power, life is ebbing, the end is at the
doors. What then will you do, wretched soul, when the Judge
comes to try your case?
2.
I have reviewed Moses' account of the creation of the
world, my soul, and then all canonical Scripture which tells
you the story of the righteous and the unrighteous. But you,
my soul, have copied the latter and not the former, and have
sinned against God.
3.
The Law has grown weak, the Gospel is unpracticed, the
whole of the Scripture is ignored by you; the Prophets and
every word of the Just have lost their power. Your wounds,
my soul, have multiplied, and there is no physician to heal
you.
4.
I am bringing before you examples from the New Scripture,
my soul, to lead you to compunction. So emulate the
righteous and avoid following the sinners, and regain Christ's
grace by prayers, fasts, purity and reverence.