The Great Canon Á-? On Tuesday of the First Week - Page 3 of 19
Song 2.
Eirmos:
Attend, O heaven, and I will speak, and will sing
of Christ who came to dwell among us in flesh which
He took from the Virgin.
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
Sin which stripped me of my former God-woven clothing has
also sewn on me coats of skin.
(Genesis 3:21)
I am wrapped in a garment of shame as with fig leaves, in
reproof of my selfish passions.
I am clad in a coat that is spotted and shamefully blood-
stained by the flow of my passionate and pleasure-loving life.
I fell under the burden of passions and corruption of matter,
and from then until now I am oppressed by the enemy.
Having preferred a possessive and pleasure-loving life to
spiritual poverty, O Savior, I am now harnessed with a heavy
yoke.
(Matthew 5:3)
I have adorned the idol of my flesh with the many-colored
clothing of shameful thoughts, and I am condemned.
(1 John 5:21)
I have been anxiously concerned only about outward
adornment, and have neglected the inner temple made in
the image of God.
(I Peter 3:3-4)
I have buried with passions the beauty of the original image,
O Savior. But seek and find it, like the lost coin.
(Luke 15:8)