Prayer Corner

Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/22/2014

Monday of the 14th Week

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Epistle Reading:

St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:5-11, 17-19

Gospel Reading:

Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; Anastasia the Great Martyr; Chrysogonos, Theodota, Evodias, & Eutychianus, the Martyrs; The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God

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"When you pray, try to let the prayer reach your heart; in other words, it is necessary that your heart should feel what you are talking about in your prayer, that it should wish for the blessing for which you are asking.... Observe, during prayer, whether your heart is in accord with that which you are saying." - St. John of Kronstadt

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Prayer to Our Lord by Monk Antiochus of Pandectis

Grant us, O Master, repose of body and soul as we go to sleep, and preserve us from the gloomy sleep of sin and from every dark and passionate pleasure of the night. Quell the attacks of the passions; quench the fiery darts of the veil one which are treacherously directed against us. Put down the rebellions of our flesh, and lull to sleep our every earthly and material thought. And grant us, O God, a wakeful mind, a chaste thought, a sober heart, and gentle sleep, free from every satanic fantasy. Raise us up at the hour of prayer, confirmed in Your commandments and having with ourselves a steadfast remembrance of Your judgments. Grant us to hymn Your glory all the night long, that we may sing, bless and glorify Your most honorable and majestic Name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.

Sayings From The Church Fathers

One must by every means strive to preserve peace of soul and not to be disturbed by others; for this, one must in every way strive to restrain anger and by means of attentiveness to keep the mind and heart from improper feelings...If, however, it is impossible not to be disturbed, then at least one must strive to restrain the tongue, according to the Psalmist: 'I was troubled, and spoke not' (Ps. 76:5).

- St. Seraphim of Sarov, from Spiritual Instructions no. 25, Little Russian Philokalia Vol. 1; St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood pg. 43

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