Praise be to You, Father of mercies and God of all consolation, that You never leave Your sufferers without visitation and consolation. To punish - You punish them, but You do not put them to death; although You are often the hidden God for them, You are the Savior of them all. Seal this consolation, O Lord, in my heart and make it true to me when disaster is near and there is no helper. Be my light when I sit in darkness; make sure that the knowledge of my sins and what they deserve produces in me true humility and patience. Strengthen the faith in me, as in Jacob, when trouble comes, so that I will fight and not let go of You until You bless me. Make sure that I do not run away from You in suffering, O my Shepherd, but that my cheerfulness increases and I become more zealous for Your prayer and praise. Open my mind, so that I understand the Scripture, learn from it Your ways, and in true silence of heart I completely and completely surrender to You, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord! Amen.
Father of mercies and God of all comfort! I appeal to you in the name of Jesus Christ to grant me true Christian patience. Arm me with it against all sorrow, so that I may be patient in it, for it is very precious. Make me ready to lift up the cross of Christ, patiently bear it and firmly remain under it to the end. Drive away from me all murmuring and all annoyance of the flesh at the weight of the cross and the length of its time. Appear, O beloved Jesus, with Your patience under the cross and on the cross, appear before my eyes and my heart, so that by contemplating You I may be encouraged and strengthened to constantly endure everything. Do it, O patient Savior, so that I may not grow weary in my spirit, but with patience may I enter through suffering and sorrow into the Kingdom of God. I need to have patience so that, having fulfilled the will of God, I will receive what is promised. I ask him from You, to please me to fulfill my request!
Assuage the sickness of my much-sighing soul, Who has quenched every tear from the face of the earth: You drive away people’s illnesses and resolve the sorrows of sinners, For you give hope and hope to all who are acquisitive affirmation, Most Holy Mother of the Virgin! You present yourself, O Good One, to all who come running with faith into Your sovereign protection: otherwise, sinners, not imams, come to God in troubles and sorrows, deliverance is promised, burdening many with sins, Mother God Most High! Moreover, we fall down to You: deliver Your servants from every situation! No one who comes to You is put to shame and comes from You, Most Pure Virgin Mary: but he asks for grace and accepts the gift of useful petition. Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, Thy incorruptible joy that gives birth to the Guilty One! Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, even as she accepts fulfillment and consumes sinful sadness!
Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my prayer in Your truth, hear me in Your righteousness: and do not enter into judgment with Your servant, lest he be justified before You. everyone is alive. For the enemy has driven away my soul: he has humbled my life to eat in the earth: he has planted me to eat in the dark, like the dead ages. And my spirit is sad within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have learned from all Your works, I have learned from Your hand in all creation. I lift up my hands to You: my soul is like a waterless land to You. Hear me quickly, O Lord, my spirit is gone: do not turn Your face away from me, and I will become like those who go down into the pit. I hear you show me your mercy in the morning, because I have trusted in you: tell me, Lord, the way, where I will go, because I have taken my soul to you. Deliver me from my enemies, Lord, I have come to you. Teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God: Thy Good Spirit will guide me to rightness on earth. For Thy name's sake, Lord, live me by Thy righteousness: remove my soul from sorrow: and by Thy mercy thou shalt consume my enemies and destroy all afflicted souls mine: for I am Your servant.
* Synodal translation.
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