The Great Canon Á-? On Wednesday of the First Week - Page 6 of 20
Song 3.
Eirmos:
Establish, O Lord, my unstable. heart on the rock
of Thy commandments, for Thou only art Holy and
Lord.
Refrain:
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Troparia:
You have not inherited Shem's blessing, wretched soul, nor
have you received that vast possession like Japheth in the
land of forgiveness.
(Genesis 9:26-27)
Come out, my soul, from sin, from the land of Haran! Come
into the land of eternal life flowing with incorruption which
Abraham inherited.
(Genesis 12:4)
You have heard, my soul, how Abraham of old left the land
of his fathers and became a nomad. Imitate his resolution.
(Genesis 12:1)
At the Oak of Mamre the Patriarch entertained Angels, and
inherited in his old age the spoil of the promise.
(Genesis 18:1)
Knowing, my wretched soul, how Isaac was mystically
offered to the Lord as a new sacrifice and holocaust, imitate
his resolution.
(Genesis 22:2)
You have heard of Ishmael (be watchful, my soul!) who was
driven out as the son of a slave-girl. Beware lest you suffer
something similar by your lusting
. (Genesis 21:10
)
Refrain:
Holy mother Mary, pray for us.