The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent - Page 56 of 59
19.
You know how the towns to which Christ offered the
Gospel were cursed. Fear this example, my soul, do not be
like them; for the Lord compared them to the Sodomites and
condemned them to hell.
(Luke 10:13. -15)
20.
Do not let despair make you worse than the Canaanite
woman, my soul, for you have heard of her faith through
which her daughter was healed by the Word of God. Call to
Christ like her from the depth of your heart, "Son of David,
save me."
(Matthew 15:22)
21.
Have compassion and save me, have mercy on me, O Son
of David, Who didst heal with a word the demoniac. And let
Thy voice of tender compassion speak to me as to the
robber, "Truly I tell you, you will be with Me in Paradise when
I rise in My glory."
(Luke 9:38-42; 23:43)
22.
A robber accused Thee, and a robber confessed Thee to
be God, for both were hanging on a cross with Thee. But
open even to me, O most compassionate Savior, the door of
Thy glorious Kingdom as to Thy faithful robber who
acknowledged Thee to be God.
(Luke 23:32-42)
23.
Creation was in anguish, seeing Thee crucified; mountains
and rocks were split with fear, the earth quaked, hell was
emptied, and the light grew dark in the daytime, beholding
Thee, Jesus, nailed to the Cross in Thy flesh.
(Matthew 27:51-53; Luke
23:44-45)
24.
Do not require of me fruits worthy of repentance, for my
strength is spent in me. Grant me ever a contrite heart and
spiritual poverty, that I may offer these gifts to Thee as an
acceptable sacrifice, O only Savior.
(Matthew 3:8; 5:3; Psalm 50:17)