Divine Liturgy of St BasilÁ-? The Litany of Fervent Supplication / Optional Petitions
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Ectenia for the Ailing
Deacon:
O Physician of souls and bodies, with compunction
and contrite hearts we fall down before Thee, and groaning
we cry unto Thee: Heal the sicknesses, heal the passions of
the soul and body of Thy servant
N. (or the souls and bodies of Thy servants
N.N.)
and pardon
him (her) (them),
for Thou art kind-hearted, all
transgressions, voluntary and involuntary, and quickly raise
him (her) (them)
up from
his (her) (their)
bed of sickness, we pray Thee,
hearken and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy
Thrice.
Deacon:
O Thou Who desirest not the death of sinners, but
rather that they should return to Thee and live: Spare and
have mercy on Thy servant
(s) (N.),
O Merciful One; banish
sickness, drive away all passion, and all ailments, assuage
chill and fever, and stretch forth Thy mighty arm, and as
Thou didst raise up Jairus' daughter from her bed of
sickness, restore
him (her) (them)
to health, we pray Thee, hearken
and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy
Thrice.
Deacon:
O Thou Who by Thy touch didst heal Peter's
mother-in-law who was sick with fever, do Thou now, in Thy
loving-kindness, heal Thy terribly-suffering servant(s) of
his
(her) (their)
malady, quickly granting
him (her) (them)
health, we
diligently pray Thee, O Fount of healing, hearken and have
mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy
Thrice.
Deacon:
Again we pray to the Lord our God, that He may
hearken unto the voice of the supplication of us sinners, and
have mercy on His servant
(s), N.(N.)
and protect
him (her) (them)
from
all tribulation, harm, wrath and necessity, and from every
sickness of soul and body, granting
him (her) (them)
health with
length of days: let us all say, quickly hearken and have
mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy
Thrice.
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