Salutation
... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Glory to You,
our God, glory to You.
O Heavenly King: Prayer to the Holy
Ghost
O Heavenly King, the
Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things,
Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us
from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
Why do You stand at a distance, Lord? Will You hide in times of
trouble?
The wicked in pride persecutes
the poor. Let them be taken in the
devices that they have imagined: for the wicked boasts of his
heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, [whom]
the Lord abhors. The wicked, through the pride
of his countenance, will not seek. God
is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous. Your judgments [are] far above, out of his sight. [As for]
all his enemies, he puffs at them. He has said in his heart, I
shall not be moved: for [I shall]
never [be] in adversity. His mouth is full of cursing
and deceit and fraud. Under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity. He sits in the lurking places
of the villages. In the secret places he
murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly
set against the poor. He lies in wait secretly as a
lion in his den. He lies in wait to
catch the poor. He catches the poor,
when he draws him to his net. He crouches, [and] humbles himself, so that the poor
may fall by his strong ones. He has said in his heart, “God
has forgotten. He hides His face. He will never see.”
Arise, Lord. O God, lift up Your
hand. Forget not the humble.
Why does the wicked scorn God? He has said in his heart, “You will not
require [it].”
You have seen: for You behold
mischief and spite, to retaliate with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You. You are the helper of the fatherless. Break the arm of the wicked
and the evil. Seek out his wickedness [until] You find none.
The Lord [is] King forever and
ever. The heathen are perished from His
land. Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your
ear to hear, to judge the fatherless and
the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
[i] The
wicked believe that they have the upper hand because they have power to
oppress, to bind (wo)men in slavery, to defy God's Law. They redefine sin and excuse it; but they
have no real love for the sinner, and they don't know how to forgive. They murder and think they have done God a
favor; they pervert the sacrament of marriage and call it love. They are deceived. God hates oppression, God loathes every form
of slavery, and will blot it out.
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