Prayer
Let us Always Pray:
Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
The above is Revised Standard Version.
Bible Reading
CHARITIES
Prayer is always possible for everyone, rich and poor, noble and simple, strong and weak, healthy and suffering, righteous and sinful. The power of prayer is great. Above all, it brings the spirit of God. –St. Seraphim
Without Prayer, there is no Spiritual Life!
God has revealed Himself to us in His works not only of creation, but of Providence and Redemption as well. In spite of man’s sin, rebellion and disobedience to His commandment, God has not left him to his own destruction. He has taken a fatherly care of the human race: He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. (Matt. 5,45) His care is universal and continuous; He is merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.” (Ex. 34, 6, 7)
To the unbeliever:
"He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." (John 3,36)
After the joys of earth, After its songs of mirth,
After its hours of light, After its dreams so bright -
WHAT THEN?
Only a sad farewell to a world loved too well,
Only a silent bed with the forgotten dead.
After this sad farewell to a world loved too well,
After this silent bed with the forgotten dead -
WHAT THEN?
Oh! then - the judgment throne!
Oh! then - the last hope - gone
Then all the woes that dwell
In eternal Hell!
Written By Rt. Rev. Protopresbyter Peter G. Kohanik
May I be no one’s enemy, and may I be the friend of that which is eternal and abides. May I never quarrel with those nearest me; and if I do, may I be reconciled quickly. May I never devise evil against any one; if any devise evil against me, may I escape uninjured and without the need of hurting them. May I love, seek, and attain that which is good. May I wish for all people’s happiness and envy none. May I never rejoice in the ill-fortune of one who has wronged me. When I have done or said that is wrong, may I never wait for the rebuke of others, but always rebuke myself until I make amends. May I win no victory that harms me or my opponent. May I reconcile friends who are angry with one another. May I, to the extent of my power, give all merciful help to my friends and to all those who are in want. May I never fail a friend in danger. When visiting those in grief, may I be able by my gentle and healing words, to soften their pain. May I respect myself. May I always keep tame that which rages within me.
-Eusebius: Second Century
