Our Father Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
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THE FOURTH ODE
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A prayer of Avvacum the Prophet
Avv. 3: 2-19
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Declare, O Avvacum, the Word's kenosis. Glory be to Thy power,
O Lord.
O Lord, I have heard Thy report, and was afraid; O Lord, I
considered Thy works, and was amazed.
Between the two living creatures shalt Thou be known; when
the years draw nigh, Thou shalt be acknowledged; when the
season cometh, Thou shalt be shown forth; when my soul is
troubled, in Thine anger shalt Thou remember mercy.
God shall come from Theman, and the Holy One from the
shady and densely wooded mountain.
His virtue hath covered the heavens, and the earth was full of
His praise.
And His brightness shall be as the light; horns are in His
hands, and He hath established a mighty love of His strength.
Before His face shall the Word proceed, and He shall go forth
for instruction at His feet.
He stood, and the earth was moved; He beheld, and the
heathen melted away.
The mountains were burst asunder violently, the everlasting
hills melted away at His eternal going forth.
I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians because of troubles;
the tabernacles also of the land of Madiam were dismayed.
Wast Thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers; or was Thy wrath
against the rivers, or Thine attack against the sea? For Thou wilt
mount upon Thine horses, and Thy chariots are salvation.
Thou shalt bend thy bow, thou shalt bend it against sceptres;
the land of rivers shall be rent asunder, saith the Lord.
They shall see Thee, and the nations shall be in travail, while
Thou scatterest the courses of the waters; the deep uttered her
voice, and lifted up the height of her form on high.
The sun was lifted up, and the moon stood still in her course;
at the light Thy darts shall go forth, at the brightness of the
gleaming of Thy weapons.
With threatening shalt Thou bring low the earth, and in anger
shalt Thou break down the nations.
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, Thou art
come to save Thine anointed ones. Thou didst bring death upon
the heads of the transgressors, Thou didst bring bands upon their
neck.
Thou didst cut asunder the heads of the mighty with fury;
they shall tremble in themselves, they shall burst their bridles, as
the poor man devouring in secret.
And Thou hast mounted upon Thine horses in the sea, and
they trouble the many waters.
I kept watch, and my belly was troubled, at the voice of the
prayer of my lips; and trembling entered into my bones, and my
strength was troubled within me.
I will rest in the day of mine affliction, that I may go up to the
people of my sojourning.
For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no increase in the vines.
The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus.
The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms.
Glory. Both now.
VESPERS
WATCH O LORD WITH THOSE WHO WAKE OR WATCH OR WEEP TONIGHT, AND GIVE YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER THOSE WHO WAKE OR SLEEP.
TEND YOUR SICK ONES, O LORD CHRIST JESUS OUR ONLY LORD AND SAVIOUR BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF THE LIVING GOD O HOLY FATHER ALMIGHTY IN THE UNITY AND POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT OUR PARACLETE O WELCOME COMFORTER;
REST YOUR WEARY ONES;
BLESS YOUR DYING ONES;
SOOTHE YOUR SUFFERING ONES;
PITY YOUR AFFLICTED ONES;
SHIELD YOUR JOYOUS ONES;
AND ALL FOR YOUR LOVE'S SAKE;
AND HAVE US DO THE SAME FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR MOST HOLY NAME BARUCH ADONAI YAHWEH TSIDKENOU OUR ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS UNCEASINGLY IN THE HUMBLE JOY OF YOUR WILLING SERVANTS
THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE (CH. 4 : 38-41)
And He arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they requested Him concerning her. And He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and served them.
When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak: for they knew that He was Christ.
Glory to God forever. Amen.
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