Lord, do good to this servant (name) by Your grace!
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Oh, Saint Martha and Mary and other holy myrrh-bearing women! Pray to the Sweetest Jesus, Who is beloved by you and who loves you, Whom you have confessed to be the nature of Christ, the Son of God, that He may also grant us, sinful servants of God (names), remission of sins, in An unhypocritical and firm stand is right in the faith. Instill in our hearts the spirit of fear of God, humble trust in God, patience and mercy towards our neighbors. Deliver us with your prayers from the temptations of life, troubles and misfortunes, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life here, with immaculate thoughts and a pure heart, we will appear at that Last Judgment, and Having given him a good answer, we will be rewarded with unspeakable joy in the Kingdom of Heaven forever and ever.
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Saint John of God, merciful protector of the orphans and those in adversity! We resort to you and we pray to you, your servants (names), as the quick patron of all who seek consolation from God in troubles and sorrows. Don’t stop praying to the Lord for everyone who flows to you in faith! You, filled with Christ’s love and goodness, have appeared as a wonderful palace of the virtue of mercy and have acquired for yourself the name “Merciful.” You were like a river, constantly flowing with generous mercies and abundantly watering all who were thirsty. We believe that after you moved from earth to heaven, the gift of sowing grace increased in you and that you became an inexhaustible vessel of all goodness. By your intercession and intercession before God, create “all kinds of joy,” so that all who come running to you may find peace and serenity: grant them consolation in temporary sorrows and help in the needs of everyday life, instill in them the hope of eternal rest in the Kingdom of Heaven. In your life on earth, you were a refuge for all who were in every trouble and need, for the offended and sick; Not a single one of those who came to you and asked you for mercy was deprived of your mercy. Likewise now, reigning with Christ in heaven, appear to all who worship before your honorable icon and pray for help and intercession. Not only did you show mercy to the helpless, but you also raised the hearts of others to the consolation of the weak and to the charity of the poor. Move even now the hearts of the faithful to intercede for the orphans, comfort the mourners and reassure the needy. May the gifts of mercy not fail in them, and moreover, may there be joy in them (and in this house, which watches over the suffering), peace and joy in the Holy Spirit - to the glory of the Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.
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Accept, O all-merciful, Most Pure Lady, Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts, the only ones bestowed upon You, from us, Your unworthy servants: chosen from all generations, all the creatures of heaven and the highest thing on earth, because for Your sake the Lord of hosts was with us, and through You we knew and became worthy of the Son of God, His holy Body and His most pure Blood; Moreover, blessed art thou in the lineages of generations, O blessed one, the brightest of the Cherubim and the most honest of the Seraphim. And now, all-singing Most Holy Theotokos, do not cease praying for us, your unworthy servants, so that we may be delivered from all evil advice and every situation and may remain unharmed from every poisonous device of the devil; but even to the end, through Your uncondemned prayers, keep us, as through Your intercession and help we are saved, glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for everything in the Trinity to the One God and the Creator of all we send, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Oh, long-suffering Mother of God, who surpassed all the daughters of the earth, in Her purity and in the multitude of sufferings You transferred to the earth, accept our much-painful sighs and keep us under Your roof mercy. Do You not know any other refuge and warm intercession, but since You have boldness in Him Who was born of You, help and save us with Your prayers, so that we may reach without stumbling The Kingdom of Heaven, where together with all the saints we will sing praises in the Trinity to the One God, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
* Rare prayers of great Russian saints and devotees of piety.
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