PRAYER FOR GRACE — PROFESSION

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the works of the flesh,
adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
idolatry, witchcraft,
enmities, strifes,
emulations, heats,
quarrels, parties,
heresies, envyings, murders,
drunkennesses, revellings, and such like.

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the fruits of the Spirit,
love, joy, peace,
long?suffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance;
the spirit of wisdom, of understanding,
of counsel, of might,
of knowledge, of godliness,
of fear of the Lord:--
and the gifts of the Spirit,
the word of wisdom, of knowledge,
faith, gifts of healing,
working of miracles,
prophecy, discerning of spirits,
kinds of tongues,
interpretation of tongues.
May Thy strong hand, O Lord, [13]
be ever my defence;
Thy mercy in Christ
my salvation;
Thy all?veritable word,
my instructor;
the grace of Thy life?bringing Spirit,
my consolation
all along, and at last.
The Soul of Christ hallow me,
and the Body strengthen me,
and the Blood ransom me,
and the Water wash me,
and the Bruises heal me,
and the Sweat refresh me,
and the Wound hide me.
The peace of God
which passeth all understanding,
keep my heart and thoughts
in the knowledge and the love
of God.

I believe
that Thou hast created me;
despise not the work of Thine own
hands;--
that Thou madest me after Thine image
and likeness,
suffer not Thy likeness to be blotted
out;--
that Thou host redeemed me in
Thy blood,
suffer not the cost of that redemption
to perish;
that Thou host called me Christian
after Thy name,
disdain not Thine own title;
that Thou host hallowed me in
regeneration;
destroy not Thy holy work;--
than Thou halt grafted me into the
good olive?tree,
the member of a mystical body;
the member of Thy mystical body,
cut not off.
O think upon Thy servant as concerning
Thy word,
wherein Thou hast caused me to put
my trust.
My soul hath longed for Thy salvation,
and I have good hope because of
Thy word.

INTERCESSION

[I pray]
forthe prosperous advance and good
condition
of all the Christian army,
against the enemies of our most holy
faith;
for our holy fathers,
and all our brotherhood in Christ;
for those who hate and those who
love us,
for those who pity and those who
minister to us;
for those whom we have promised
to remember in prayer;
for the liberation of captives;
for our fathers and brethren absent;
for those who voyage by sea;
for those who lie in sickness.
Let us pray also for fruitfulness of the
earth;
and for every soul of orthodox
Christians.
Let us bless pious kings,
orthodox high?priests,
the founders of this holy retreat,
our parents,
and all our forefathers
and our brethren departed.