... 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,
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.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the
beginning, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
A Psalm of David.
The earth [is] the Lord’s, and the fullness of it; the
world, and those who dwell in it: for He has founded it on the seas, and
established it on the floods.
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? Who shall stand in His holy
place? He who has clean hands, and a
pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This [is]
the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O [God of] Jacob. Consider.
Lift up your heads, O gates. Be lifted up, O everlasting doors; and the King
of Glory shall come in. Who [is] this King of Glory? The Lord strong and
mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O gates. Even lift [them] up, O everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of hosts, He
[is] the King of Glory. Consider.[2]
[1]
Psalm 24 is the Psalm of the Resurrection.
Since God, the Son created the world and all that it contains it is
impossible for death to contain Him. The
only reason it was possible for Him to die at all was that He added to Himself
a compete human nature.
Now He has raised to take His place in the heavenly holy
oracle, as King of all, Lord of Lords.
With great joy the gates of heaven are twice commanded to
open, not because the gate keepers are hard of hearing, but because of the
great emphatic joy of the occasion.
Think in terms of loud shouting, “Lift up your heads, O
gates.” Jesus is pictured as the great
battle champion He is. His weapon, the
cross (John 3:14; 8:28; 12:32). “He
trampled death by death.”
[2] If you have been blessed or helped by any of these meditations in
Psalms, please repost, share, or use any of them as you wish.
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