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The Great Canon Á-? On Thursday of the First Week - Page 19 of 20
O my Judge and my Light, Who alone knowest me and art
coming again with Thine Angels to judge the whole world,
regard me then with Thy merciful Eye and spare me, O
Jesus. And have compassion on me who have sinned more
than all mankind.
(Matthew 25:31-32)
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
Thou didst astonish all by thy strange life, both
the Orders of Angels and the councils of men, by living
immaterially and surpassing nature. Then treading firmly the
waves like an immaterial being, O Mary, thou didst cross the
Jordan an.
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.
To St. Mary of Egypt:
Intercede with the Creator on behalf of those
who praise thee, holy mother, that we may be delivered from
the sufferings and afflictions which beset us on all sides, that
being delivered from our temptations, we may unceasingly
magnify the Lord Who glorified thee.
Refrain:
Holy father Andrew, pray for us.
To St. Andrew of Crete: Venerable Andrew, thrice-blessed
father, shepherd of Crete, cease not to pray to God for those
who sing of thee, that He may deliver from anger,
oppression, corruption, and our countless sins, all of us who
faithfully honor thy me memory.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit: