The Great Canon Á-? On Tuesday of the First Week - Page 9 of 19
Song 5.
Eirmos:
Out of the night watching early for Thee,
enlighten me, I pray, O Lover of men, and guide even
me in Thy commandments, and teach me, O Savior,
to do Thy will.
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
You have heard, my soul, of Moses' ark of old, borne on the
waters and waves of the river as in a shrine, which escaped
the bitter tragedy of Pharaoh's edict.
(Exodus 1:22 - 2:3)
If you have heard of the midwives, wretched soul, who of old
killed in infancy the manly issue and practice of chastity,
then like the great Moses, suck wisdom.
(Exodus 1:16 - 2:9; Acts 7:22)
You, wretched soul, have not struck and killed your Egyptian
mind, like great Moses. Say, then, how will you dwell in that
desert solitude where the passions desert you through
repentance?
(Exodus 2:12)
Great Moses dwelt in the wilds, my soul. So go and imitate
his life, that you too may attain by contemplation to the vision
of God in the bush.
(Exodus 3:1)
Imagine Moses' staff striking the sea and fixing the deep as
a type of the divine Cross, by which you too, my soul, can
accomplish great things.
(Exodus 14:16)