Lenten Services,
Monday, March 17, 2008
Part 3: Matins and Vespers
TRIODIONSECOND WEEK OF LENT MONDAY MATINS (After the 2nd reading of the Psalter): SESSIONAL HYMN (by Joseph) TONE 4 I ENTREAT YOU IN YOUR COMPASSION, O CHRIST,RESTORE TO LIFE THROUGH TRUE FASTING AND REPENTANCEMY SOUL SLAIN BY THE FRUIT OF DISOBEDIENCE.
GRANT THAT I MAY EVER WALK THE STRAIGHT PATH OF YOUR HOLY COMMANDMENTS,THAT IN THE COMPANY OF ALL WHO LOVE YOU,I MAY SHARE IN YOUR DIVINE GLORY, O JESUS,//AND PRAISE YOUR GOODNESS TOWARDS ALL! GLORY... I ENTREAT YOU IN YOUR COMPASSION, O CHRIST... NOW AND EVER... (Theotokion) TOSSED IN THE STORM OF THE PASSIONS,DEAF TO THE VOICE OF MY CONSCIENCE,I CALL ON YOU WITH FERVOR, PURE VIRGIN!DO NOT LET ME PERISH IN MY WRETCHEDNESS,FOR YOU HAVE BORNE THE LORD OF UNENDING MERCY:I HAVE NO OTHER HOPE BUT YOU;I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU!DO NOT LET MY ENEMIES TRIUMPH OVER ME AND MOCK ME.ALL THAT YOU DESIRE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO,//FOR YOU ARE MOTHER OF THE GOD OF ALL! (After the 3rd reading of the Psalter): SESSIONAL HYMN TONE 6 DIRECT OUR STEPS, O LORD,AS WE SET OUT ON THE SECOND WEEK OF THE FAST.SHINE THE SANCTIFYING LIGHT OF YOUR COMMANDMENTS ON USAND MAKE US WORTHY TO OFFER YOU AN ACCEPTABLE PRAYER ON BENDED KNEES:FOR YOU ARE OUR FATHER AND WE ARE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS://WE SING YOUR PRAISE WITH FEAR AND CALL ON YOUR NAME! GLORY... DIRECT OUR STEPS, O LORD... NOW AND EVER... (Theotokion)SECOND MONDAY MATINS SESSIONAL HYMNS (continued) page two THE MESSAGE OF GABRIEL TO THE VIRGINWAS THE BEGINNING OF SALVATIONFOR SHE HEARD HIS GREETING: REJOICE!AND DID NOT REJECT HIS SALUTATION.
SHE DID NOT DOUBT LIKE SARAH IN THE TENT, BUT REPLIED:BEHOLD THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD,//BE IT DONE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD! TRIODIONSECOND WEEK OF LENT MONDAY MATINS APOSTIKHA TONE 5 PRAYER AND FASTING ARE A MARVELOUS WEAPONWHICH SHOWED MOSES A WRITER OF THE LAW,ELIJAH, A ZEALOT IN SACRIFICE.ABIDING IN THEM, FAITHFUL, LET US CRY TO THE SAVIOR://AGAINST YOU ONLY HAVE WE SINNED! HAVE MERCY ON US! PRAYER AND FASTING ARE A MARVELOUS WEAPON... BLESSED IS THE ARMY OF THE HEAVENLY KING!BORN ON EARTH AND ENDURING SUFFERINGSTHEY HASTENED TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF ANGELS.NOT CARING FOR THE FLESH, THROUGH SUFFERING,THEY WERE ACCOUNTED WORTHY OF BODILESS NOBILITY!//BY THEIR PRAYERS, LORD, SAVE OUR SOULS! GNE... (Theotokion) WE ENTREAT YOU AS THE MOTHER OF GOD://PRAY FOR OUR SOULS, BLESSED ONE! TRIODIONSECOND WEEK OF LENT MONDAY SIXTH HOUR TROPARION OF THE PROPHECY TONE 5 REMEMBER THAT WE ARE BUT DUST, CREATOR OF OUR HEARTS!// DO NOT CONDEMN US TO THE NETHERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH, SINLESS ONE! PROKEIMENON OF THE PROPHECY TONE 6 COME, PRAISE THE LORD, * ALL YOU WHO FEAR THE LORD! VERSE: My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Hear me! READING FROM THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH 4:2-6, 5:1-7b PROKEIMENON TONE 6 YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF, * THEY COMFORT ME. VERSE: The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want! TRIODIONSECOND WEEK OF LENT MONDAY VESPERS "LORD I CALL..." TONE 8 (By Joseph) TO WHAT SHALL YOU BE LIKENED, WRETCHED SOUL?LAZY IN GOOD DEEDS, BUT WATCHFUL FOR EVIL!REPENT, FOR JUDGMENT IS AT THE DOOR:CLEANSE YOURSELF BY PRAYER AND FASTING.CRY OUT TO THE MASTER: I HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU;//PARDON ME IN YOUR COMPASSION AND GRANT ME FORGIVENESS! YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS IS WIDER THAN THE SEA!CHRIST MY GOD, DRY UP THE SEA OF MY EVIL AND SIN,FOR YOU ALONE ARE SINLESS.GRANT MY HEART COMPUNCTION, RESTRAINING THE TEMPEST OF MY WICKEDNESSTHAT I MAY SING YOUR PRAISES AND GLORIFY YOUR INFINITE COMPASSION,//LONGSUFFERING BENEFACTOR OF OUR SOULS! (By Theodore) YOU LEAD US THROUGH THE TIME OF THE HOLY FAST, O GOD,AND HAVE ENABLED US TO ENTER INTO ITS SECOND WEEK.GRANT, LORD, THAT IN THE WEEKS TO COMEWE MAY RUN THE RACE WITH ALL OUR MIGHT.GIVE OUR SOULS AND BODIES GRACE AND STRENGTHTHAT WE MAY COMPLETE THE COURSE WITH COURAGE AND JOYAND COME TO THE ROYAL DAY OF RESURRECTION;//AND WEARING CROWNS OF VICTORY, CEASELESSLY PRAISE YOU! TRIODIONSECOND WEEK OF LENT MONDAY VESPERS PROKEIMENON TONE 1 THE LORD, STRONG AND MIGHTY! * THE LORD MIGHTY IN BATTLE VERSE: The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof! READING PROKEIMENON TONE 6 LOOK UPON ME, * AND HAVE MERCY ON ME! VERSE: To You, Lord, do I lift up my soul! READING TRIODIONSECOND WEEK OF LENT MONDAY VESPERS APOSTIKHA TONE 3 LET US PERFORM A SPIRITUAL FAST!LET US LOOSE EVERY TIE!LET US FLEE FROM THE PITFALLS OF SIN!LET US FORGIVE OUR BROTHER'S DEBTSTHAT OUR TRANSGRESSIONS MAY ALSO BE FORGIVEN!THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO SING://LET MY PRAYER ARISE IN YOUR SIGHT AS INCENSE, LORD! LET US PERFORM A SPIRITUAL FAST... THE PROPHETS, APOSTLES, AND MARTYRS OF CHRISTTAUGHT US TO PRAISE THE CONSUBSTANTIAL TRINITY.
HAVING ENLIGHTENED THE NATIONS THAT HAD GONE ASTRAY,//THEY MADE THE SONS OF MEN COMPANIONS OF THE ANGELS! GNE... (Theotokion) DO NOT FORGET YOUR POOR TO THE END, THEOTOKOS!BUT DELIVER US FROM PRESENT HARM AND FUTURE TROUBLETHROUGH YOUR INTERCESSIONS, LADY,//SPARE YOUR SERVANTS FROM THE WRATH OF THE LORD.