The Third Hour
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the prayers of your most pure Mother and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to you, our God, glory to you.
O heavenly King, Comforter, the Spirit of truth, everywhere present and filling all things; Treasury of good things and Giver of life: Come and abide in us and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O good one.
(From Easter to Ascension, say rather “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!” 3x)
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us. (3x)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O, Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for your Name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (3x)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be your Name; your kingdom come; your will be done on earth, as in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from the Evil One.
Lord, have mercy. (12x)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Come, let us worship God, our King, and bow down before him.
Come, let us worship Christ God, our King, and bow down before him.
Come, let us worship Christ, our King and our God, and bow down before him.
Psalm 16
Hear me, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my supplication, give ear to my prayer free of deceit. From your countenance let my vindication come, let my eyes behold uprightness. You tested my heart, visiting in the night, you tried me and found nothing unjust. To keep my mouth from the talk of men’s deeds, through the words of your lips I held to hard ways. Restore my steps in your paths that my footsteps may not slip. I have called upon you, for you have listened, O God, incline your ear to me and hear my speech. Show forth your wondrous mercy, saving them that hope in you from those who rise against your right hand. Keep me as the apple of your eye; in the shelter of your wings you will shelter me from the unholy faces that afflicted me, form the deadly enemies that surrounded my soul. There are enclosed in their own fat, with their mouth they speak proudly, casting me out, they have no surrounded me, inclining their eyes to the earth, like a lion ready to tear its prey like a young lion lurking in secret places. Arise, O Lord, outrun them, cast them down, deliver my soul from the wicked, your sword from the enemies of your hand. Lord, separate your few from the earth, even in their lifetimes. And those whose belly was filled with your treasures like their swine were satisfied and left the remnants to their children. As for me, in righteousness I shall behold your countenance, I shall be satisfied in beholding your glory.
Psalm 24
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in you, let me not be put to shame, let not my enemies laugh at me. For all who wait upon you shall never be put to shame; let those be ashamed who work wickedness. Make known your ways to me, O Lord, and teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation, on you I wait all the day. Remember your compassion, O Lord, and your mercy, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth nor my ignorance, but remember me according to your mercy because of your lovingkindness, O Lord. Merciful and upright is the Lord, therefore he will establish the law to guide sinners in the way. The gentle he will guide in justice the meek he will teach his ways. All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth for those seeking his covenant and his testimonies. For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall God teach in the way that God has chosen. His soul shall dwell amidst good things, his seed shall inherit the earth. The Lord is the strength of those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant. My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Look upon me and have mercy on me, for I am an only child and poor. My heart’s afflictions have multiplied, bring me out of my distress. Look on my lowliness and my pain, and forgive all my sins. Look on my enemies, they have multiplied, they hate me with unjustified hatred. Keep my soul and deliver me, let me not be put to shame, for I put my hope in you. The innocent and the upright cleave to me, for I wait upon you. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy; according to the abundance of your compassion blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity and my sin is always before me: against you, you alone, have I sinned, I have done evil before you: that you may be justified in your words and victorious when you are judged. Behold, I was conceived in my iniquities, in sins did my mother crave for me. Behold, you have loved the truth, you have made manifest to me Wisdom’s hidden and secret things. You shall sprinkle me with hyssop and I will be made clean, you shall wash me and I will be made whiter than snow. You shall make me hear joy and gladness, my humbled bones shall rejoice. Turn your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, do not take your Holy Spirit fro me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me by your guiding spirit. I will teach transgressors your ways and the godless shall turn back to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall rejoice in your righteousness. O Lord, you shall open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. For if you had desired a sacrifice I would have given it, you will not be pleased even with whole burnt sacrifices. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled heart God will not count as nothing. Do good in your good pleasure to Zion and may Jerusalem’s wall be built up. Then you shall be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with offering and whole burnt sacrifices, then shall they offer young bulls on your altar.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to you O God. (3x).
Lord, have mercy. (3x)
Daily hymnody.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Daily hymnody.
now and forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
A real vine, you are, O Theotokos, for from you there flowered forth the fruit of life. And because of this we entreat you, O Lady: with the apostles and all the saints, beg him to have mercy on us.
Blessed be the Lord from day to day, the God of our salvation who will greatly enrich us. Our God is the God of salvation.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us. (3x)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O, Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for your Name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (3x)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be your Name; your kingdom come; your will be done on earth, as in heaven. Give us this day the Bread of Life; and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil.
Daily Hymnody
Lord have mercy. (40x)
O good God, so very rich in patience and mercy, who are adored and praised at all times and at evey moment in heaven and on earth! You love the just and spare the sinner, inviting all to salvation with the promise of the good things to come! O Lord, accept our prayer at this time, and direct our lives according to your commandments. Sanctify our souls and bodies. Set straight our reasoning, purify and sober our understanding, and deliver us from every affliction, from every evil and illness. Surround us with your holy angels as with a rampart, that, guided and protected by their defense, we may reach unity in faith and the knowledge of your inaccessible glory. For blessed are you unto ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (3x)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: both now and forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
You are more honourable than the cherubim, beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim! In Virginity you gave birth to God, the word: O you who are truly Theotokos, we extol you!
Lord, Bless!
Through the prayers of our holy fathers and mothers, O Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us! Amen.
O God and Master! Father almighty, only Son, and Holy Spirit! O unique power and divinity! Have mercy on me, a sinner, and in your omniscience, save me, your servant, unworthy as I am, for you are blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.
