O Lord, grant me tears, and remembrance of death, and
compunction.
O Lord, grant me the thought of confessing my sins.
O Lord, grant me humility, chastity, and obedience.
O Lord, grant me patience, courage, and meekness.
O Lord, implant in me the root of good, Thy fear in my heart.
O Lord, vouchsafe me to love Thee with all my soul and thoughts,
and in all things to do Thy will.
O Lord, protect me from evil men, and demons, and passions,
and from every other unseemly thing.
O Lord, Thou knowest that Thou doest as Thou wilt: Thy will be
done also in me a sinner; for blessed art Thou unto the ages.
Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of Thy most
honorable Mother, and Thy bodiless angels, Thy Prophet and
Forerunner and Baptist, the God-inspired apostles, the radiant
and victorious martyrs, the holy and God-bearing fathers, and
through the intercessions of all the saints, deliver me from the
besetting presence of the demons. Yea, my Lord and Creator,
Who desirest not the death of the sinner, but rather that he be
converted and live, grant conversion also to me, wretched and
unworthy; rescue me from the mouth of the pernicious serpent,
who is yawning to devour me and take me down to Hades alive.
Yea, my Lord, my Comfort, Who for my miserable sake wast
clothed in corruptible flesh, draw me out of misery, and grant
comfort to my miserable soul. Implant in my heart to fulfill Thy
commandments, and to forsake evil deeds, and to obtain Thy
blessings; for in Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, save me.