Prostration: when one falls to your knees and humbly bows one's head to the ground. ♥ My girls love saying this together every morning and night during Great Lent:
"O Lord and Master of my life, a spirit of idleness, despondency, ambition, and idle talking give me not.
But rather a spirit of chastity, humble-mindedness, patience, and love bestow upon me Thy servant.
Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my failings and not condemn my brother; for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages. Amen."
Things above and things below.
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In the fifth week of Lent we Orthodox have “Thursday of the Great Canon,”
on which day the entire Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is sung. This
penitent...
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4 comments:
Amen!
what a wonderful little prayer - thank you for telling it to us
Yes, beautifully written because it is the inspired and inerrant word of God. :)
That is such a lovely tradition!
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