Midnight Prayer
H G Dr Yacob Mar Irenaios Metropolitan

L.  In the name of the Father/ and of the Son/ and  of  the Holy Spirit/ one true God./

P.  Glory be to Him,/ and may His grace and mercy/ be upon us for ever./ Amin.

L.  Holy, Holy, Holy,/ Lord God Almighty,/ by whose glory, the heaven and the earth are filled,/hosanna in the highest.

P.         Blessed is He who has come, and is to come,/ in the name of the Lord God/ glory be to Him in the highest.

L.         Holy art Thou O! God/

P.         Holy art Thou Almighty./

            Holy art Thou Immortal./

            O! Thou who was crucified for us/, have mercy  upon us./   (Three Times)

L.         Lord / have mercy upon us.

P.         Lord/ be kind and have mercy on us/. Lord, accept our prayers and our services/ and be merciful to us.

L.         Glory be to Thee, O! Lord./

P.         Glory be to Thee O! Creator/  Glory be to Thee/ O! Christ the King/  who bestows grace on thy sinful servants/    Barekmor.

L.         Our Father who art in Heaven

P.         Hallowed be Thy name/.Thy kingdom come/.Thy will be done on earth,/ as it is in heaven/. Give us this day our daily bread/.  Forgive us our debts and sins/ as we have forgiven our debtors/. Lead us not into  temptation/. But  deliver us from the evil one;/  For thine is the kingdom,/ the power and the glory,/ For ever and ever./ Amin.

L.         Hail Mary! full of grace.

P.         Our Lord is with Thee./ Blessed art Thou among women/. blessed is the fruit of thy womb/ -our Lord Jesus Christ/. O! Virgin, Saint Mary,/ O! mother of God,/ pray for us sinners/ now and at all times,/ and at the hour of our death/.   Amin.

FIRST WATCH

L. O! Lord,  who never sleeps, but always vigilant, wake us up from our sleep in the sloth of sin/, so that  we may sing praises to  your perpetual vigilance/. 

P.  O! Thou who never dies, but living always/ give life to us who are dead in the sleep of death and decay,/ so that  we may adore your mercy/.  O! Father, Son , and  Holy Spirit/   make us worthy to praise and magnify you with holiness/, in the glorious company of the angels/ who sing your praises in heaven/, now and always and for ages of ages./  Amin./

PRIEST.  Shubaho..

PEOPLE. Men olam....

                               Psalm 134,  119,  117

L.  Praise the Lord all you servants  of the Lord/ Who minister  by night in the house of the Lord

P.  Lift  up your hands in the sanctuary/ and praise the Lord.

L.  May  the Lord,  the maker of heaven and earth/ bless you from Zion.

P.  May my  cry come before you, O Lord/ give me understanding according to your word./  May my  supplication come before you/ deliver me according to your promise/.

L.    May my lips overflow with praises/ for you teach me your decrees/.

P.  May my tongue  sing of your word/ for all your commands are righteous/.  May your hand be ready to help me,/ for I have chosen your precepts/.

L.   I long for your salvation, O! Lord/ and your Law is my delight./ Let me live that I may praise you and may your laws sustain me/.

P.   I have strayed like a lost sheep/ seek your servant/., for I have not forgotten your commands/.

L.         Praise the  Lord, all you nations / extol him all you peoples/.  For  great is his love toward us /and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever./  Praise the Lord/. Praise be to  Thee  O! God/.

L.         O Lord who  never sleeps,  awake us  to repentance

P.   O Virgin  mother, may your prayers be a stronghold for us

L.   O! Prophets and the  Apostles/  let your prayers be a fortress for us  

P.   O! solitary ones and the cenobites/ let your  prayers be a fortress for us.

L.   Lord,  comfort  the faithful departed.

All.   Kurielayisson,  kruelayisson, Kurielaayisson

EKBO

L.         O! holy mother/ pray  to your son/ for peace among us and for us to receive mercy.

P.         By your prayers/ let there  be  cessation  for wars/  kings be peaceful/  the Church be glorified and her children celbrate the  feast of happiness by praising the invisible great power.

All.   Kurielayisson,  kruelayisson, Kurielaayisson

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy  

Lord have  mercy upon us, Lord have  mercy upon us by your grace. Lord  answer us and have  mercy upon us

Praise be to Thee O Lord, Praise be to Thee O Lord,

Praise be to Thee O Lord, who is our hope for ever. Ameen.

            KOLOS

L.         Lord!/ let the memory of the mother who gave birth with holiness, purity  and devoted virginity be pleasing to you like fragrant incense. Let  her be remembered well here on earth and in heaven above. Barekmor.

P.         O! Holy Virgin , let there be praise for the Father who chose you

 from the beginning, thankfulness to the son, who took  flesh from you by his own will and  glory to the Holy Spirit who made you his  abode and lived in it.

BOVOOSO

All.  Son of God, drive away the rods of wrath from us, because of the prayers of your  mother who carried  you for nine months.

SECOND WATCH

L. † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever.

P.  † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever./        † Blessed is the glory of the Lord, in His place; for ever/.

L.    Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us.

P.  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us./  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have compassion and mercy upon us.

L.   You Are holy and glorious forever.

P.        You are holy and glorious forever/.  You are holy

           and blessed is your name forever  and ever/.

L.         Glory be to you, O! Lord.

P.         Glory be to you, O! Lord.

            Glory be to you, ever our hope.   Barekmor.

L.         Our Father.....,                                   Hail Mary......

EKBO

L.  O,  chosen and holy martyrs/  the Lord who made you springs from which  flow  help for the world and made your bones instilled with power  which   are  treasures,. Pray to the Lord, for us

All.   Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy      

Lord have  mercy upon us, Lord have  mercy upon us by your grace. Lord  answer us and have  mercy upon us

Praise be to Thee O Lord, Praise be to Thee O Lord,

Praise be to Thee O Lord, who is our hope for ever. Ameen.

KOLOS

L.   O, Apostles/  adversaries have encircled the church to prevent the propagation of the Faith you preached/. Because of it/, request  to the one who  selected you/ to annihilate arguments and quarrels from the Church/ and her children./  Lord,/ let your truth  be a  melting pot/ so that the words of the  Church be purified like  gold/. Let the priests proclaim with purity that  He be who magnified His Church be blessed.  Barekmor

P.   Lord,   bless  mercifully/ the  twelve months  of the year by the prayers of the Apostles whom you chose/. Let the summers and rainy season be according to the rule/ and we receive the  heavenly blessings and the crops of the earth/.  Lord  let the  showers of blessings  be  there so that the fruits will grow and the  destitute and the poor eat them and glorify your name.

BOVOOSO

L.  Have mercy upon us O! Lord/  by the prayers of  your

 saints, who pleased  you by their lives/

P.  The Prophets who spoke about  you in the  holy spirit/  the Apostles who proclaimed  you/  and the Martyrs who died  because of their love for you/ shall pray to you for us/.  Have mercy upon us/.  Pray for us, all ye saints/ to Him whose will you performed/, that He may remove and avert from us/ punishments and rods of rage/. O! Lord/  by their supplications and intercessions/, absolve us and our departed ones.   Amin

THIRD WATCH

L. † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for  ever.

P.  † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever./        † Blessed is the glory of the Lord, in His  place; for ever/.

L.         Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us.

P.  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us./  Holy and glorious Trinity! Have compassion and mercy upon us.

L.   You are  Holy  and glorious forever.

P.    You are holy and glorious forever/.  You are holy

       and blessed is your name forever  and ever/.

L.   Glory be to you, O! Lord.

P.   Glory be to you, O! Lord.

      Glory be to you, ever our hope.   Barekmor.

L.   Our Father.....,      

Hail Mary......

                        EKBO

L.  O Lord!/  comfort our departed ones  in your glorious houses/. Lord/  forgive  our  sins and the sins of our departed ones, comfort them and  give us your grace.

All.   Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy      

Lord have  mercy upon us, Lord have  mercy upon us by your grace. Lord  answer us and have  mercy upon us

Praise be to Thee O Lord, Praise be to Thee O Lord,

Praise be to Thee O Lord, who is our hope for ever. Ameen.

KOLO

L.  O Lord  Messiah / be not silent about us /  and  be not  distant from  your worshippers/, because our hope is in you only/. Lead us into the ways of life and make us worthy to praise you day and night/.

P.  O Lord / when the trumpets sound in the heights/  and the  tombs and the  rocks burst open and the  departed ones rise up/  be merciful to us/. Lord,  set us on your right side at that time/.   Moriyo…….

BOVOOSO

L.         O you who is kind to the sinners/  have mercy  upon us on the day of judgement/. 

P.   In the abundance of your grace / for give us our debts and sins/.  The distressed ones knock  at your door/.  O! gracious One/   answer their petitions/  by your loving kindness/. 

L.         O! heavenly Father/  we beseech you/.  To accept our services and be merciful to us

P.         O! Lord of the heavenly ones and the hope of the  earthly / Bless us accepting our  services/.

L   Haleluyyah Haaleluyyah Haleluyyah / praise be to you/ O Lord/.

P.  Haleluyyah Haaleluyyah Haleluyyah / praise be to you/ O Lord/.

Haleluyyah Haaleluyyah Haleluyyah / praise be to you/ O Lord/.

All.  In Eucharist and in prayers/ let us remember those our  fathers/ who taught us to be the children of God, while they were living/. The Son of God will grant them rest in the eternal kingdom of heaven/, with the  righteous and the just/. O Lord/  have mercy upon us and help us/.

Magnificat. Lk. 1:46-55

L.         Mary said,/ My soul magnifies the Lord/ and my spirit rejoices in God, my saviour,/ for he has been mindful of the humble state of His servant./ From now on,/ all generations will call me, `Blessed'/

P.         For the mighty One has done great things for me./ Holy is His name./ His mercy extends to those who fear Him,/ from generation to generation./

L.         He has performed mighty deeds with his arm,/ He has scattered/ those who are proud in their inmost thoughts./ He has brought down rulers from their thrones,/ but has lifted up the humble./

P.         He has filled the hungry with good things/ but  has sent the rich away empty./ He has helped his servant Israel/ remembering to be merciful to Abraham/ and his descendants for ever,/ even as he said to our fathers. Barekmor.

Psalm  133

L.         How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity/.

P    It is like precious oil poured on the head running down on the beard/ running down on Aaron’s beard/ down upon the collar of  his robes/..

L    It is as if the dew of Hermon/ were falling on mount Zion/ for there the Lord bestows  His blessing,/ even life for ever more/.

Eniyono

L.  May the mother of  God be remembered and  by her prayers we be helped.

P.         May the righteous be remembered and  by their prayers we be helped

L.   May the prayers of the Prophets,  the Apostles and the Martyrs be a help for us

P. Lord/  make us worthy for the  goals of your Martyrs and  to enter into the  dwelling places of your friends

L. O Lord who is compassionate and merciful / have mercy  on us on the  day of judgement.

P.  He who does not reject his mercy  for those who  call upon him, is blessed

L.  Lord  remember the children of the faithful church

P.  May they stand at your right side on the day when your glory appears.

Another eniyono.

L.         O  Virgin Mother let your prayer be a help for us at all times and all seasons.

P.   O Lord/  by the prayers of your saints,/ ward off  the evil one who set snares for us at all times/ 

P.   O Jesus Messiah our Lord, may your  holy cross be a fortress for us  and all of us be sheltered within it.

P    O Jesus our Master who is the Word/  protect  all the living ones, by your  holy cross and make all those  departed ones, holy/.

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L    We must  praise, worship and glorify the  Father, Son  and the Holy Spirit/,  in all the days of our life.

Q.        Our most merciful God/  make us stand on your right side on the  great day  of your return.

L.   Since you have made us worthy to praise you at this time/  make us worthy to enjoy your kingdom also.

P.         O Lord who is the master of our  life and death/ shower your mercy upon us and  upon our  departed ones

L.    Lord have mercy and help us

Psalm 148

L.         Praise the Lord./ Praise the Lord from the heavens,/ praise him in the heights above.

P.         Praise him all His angels,/ praise him, all his heavenly hosts.  Praise him, sun and moon,/ praise him all you shining stars./

L.         Praise him, you highest heavens/ and you waters above the skies./ Let them praise the name of the Lord,/for he commanded and they were created.

P.         He set them in place for ever and ever;/ He gave a decree that will never pass away./

L.         Praise the Lord from the earth,/ you great sea creatures and all ocean depths/ lightning and hail,/ snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding./

P.         You mountains and all hills,/ fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small  creatures and flying birds,/ let them praise the Lord.

L.         Kings of earth and all nations,/ you princes and all rulers on earth,/ young men and maidens, old men and children,/            Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted;/ his splendour is above the earth and heavens.

P.         He has raised up for His people a horn,/ the praise of all his saints of Israel,/ the people close to his heart./ Praise the Lord.

Psalm 149

L.         Praise the Lord. / Sing to the Lord a new song/, His praise in the assembly of the saints/.  Let Israel rejoice in their maker/. Let the people of Zion be glad in their king/.

P.         Let them praise His name with dancing/ and make music to him with tambourine and harp./

L.         For the Lord takes delight in His people/ He crowns the humble with salvation/. Let the saints rejoice in this honour and sing for joy  on their beds/. May the praise of God be in their mouths.

P.         To inflict vengeance on the nations/ and punishments on the peoples,/ to bind their  kings with fetters,/ their nobles with shackles of iron/ and  to carry out the sentence written against them, may there be a double edged sword in their hands/./ This is the glory of all his saints./Praise the Lord/.

Psalm 150

L.  Praise the Lord/ Praise God in His sanctuary/ praise him in his mighty heavens/.

P.     Praise him for his acts of power;/ praise him for his surpassing greatness./ Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet/, praise him with the harp and lyre/.

L.         Praise him with tambourine and dancing,/ praise him with the strings and flute./Praise him with the clash of cymbals,/ praise him with resounding cymbals./ Let everything that has breath,/ praise the Lord./ Praise the Lord.

P.         Praise the Lord, all you nations;/ praise him, all you peoples./ For his grace is strong over us./ Truly the Lord is for ever.

All.       And to you belongs the praise, O! God. Barekmor.

Praise be to the Trinity  Praise be to the Trinity Praise be to the Trinity, exalted , self existent, and eternal/.  O God you are worthy of glory at all times.

KOLOS

L.  O holy Virgin/  God selected you to be his mother and  you became the means to remove  the curse from the earth/. Kindly  beg  from your  only son to have peace and concord in the Church and on the earth/.

P.  By the prayers of  the Apostle Thomas/ may the Lord remove wrath from the earth/ and establish peace and concord  everywhere and in the church./. May he protect all the people who celebrate his  memory/ from calamities at all times.

L.  Lord/  adorn our  departed ones who became immersed in you through the baptism/ with glorious garment by your own right hand  .

All. Moriyo raahem….

Bovooso

L.  Lord have mercy upon us by the prayers of your mother and your saints

P.. May the angel of peace who came and  announced to holy Mary/  come and tell us also that God is united with also.

May the angel who sprinkled the fragrant dew upon the children Hananiah and his friends/  sprinkle that dew on  the bones of the  departed/.

L.  Lord have mercy upon us by the prayers of your mother and your saints

P.   Make us  and our departed ones holy by the  prayers of your mother and the saints.

ANGELIC HYMN.

L.  Like the angels and the archangels in heaven,/ we  the frail and earthly ones, sing your praises..

P. At all times and in all moments/, let there be peace   on earth /and  concord and good hope to the children of men.

L.  We praise you, / we fall before you in worship/ and we raise up a hymn of glory to you

P.  We praise you,/  for the greatness of  your  glory/,  O! Lord creator/ heavenly king/  God the Father Almighty/  and Thee O! Lord  God, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ/ and Thee  O! Holy Spirit./

L.  O! Lord God,/  lamb of God,  Son and  Word of the Father/ who bears, and has borne the sins of the world,/ have mercy upon us

P.  You who bears and has borne the sins of the world/ incline  your ears to us  and accept our prayers.

L.   You who sits in glory at the right side of  the Father /  have compassion and mercy upon us.

P.  For, You alone  are Holy/, You alone are the Lord Jesus Christ/ with the  Holy Spirit/ in the glory of God the Father./  Amin.

L.  At all times and in  all the days of our lives/ we  will bless you  and glorify your holy name/ holy and blessed for ever.

P.  Almighty God, God of our Fathers/  blessed art you and glorious is your  name/ adored is your glory for ever and ever.

L. Glory is fitting to you/ becoming to you  is praise/ befitting to you is adoration/ O! God of all/  the Father of Truth/ with  your only  begotten Son and the living  Holy Spirit/ now and always/ for ever and ever.

P. Amin.

L. O!  Jesus Christ our Lord, /  Close not the  door of  your mercy upon our faces.

P.  We confess, we are sinners/ have mercy upon us./.  O! Lord,/ Your  love for us made you to come down  to us from your place/  that by your death/ our death might be abolished/,. Have mercy upon us.  Amin.

KAUMA

Shorter Prayer 

MIDNIGHT  PRAYER

L.  In the name of the Father/ and of the Son/ and  of  the Holy Spirit/ one true God./

P.  Glory be to Him,/ and may His grace and mercy/ be upon us for ever./ Amin.

L.  Holy, Holy, Holy,/ Lord God Almighty,/ by whose glory, the heaven and the earth are filled,/hosanna in the highest.

P.         Blessed is He who has come, and is to come,/ in the name of the Lord God/ glory be to Him in the highest.

L.         Holy art Thou O! God/

P.         Holy art Thou Almighty./

Holy art Thou Immortal./

O! Thou who was crucified for us/, have mercy upon us./ (Three Times)

L.         Lord / have mercy upon us.

P.         Lord/ be kind and have mercy on us/. Lord, accept our prayers and our services/ and be merciful to us.

L.         Glory be to Thee, O! Lord./

P.         Glory be to Thee O! Creator/  Glory be to Thee/ O! Christ the King/  who bestows grace on thy sinful servants/    Barekmor.

L.         Our Father who art in Heaven

P.         Hallowed be Thy name/.Thy kingdom come/.Thy will be done on earth,/ as it is in heaven/. Give us this day our daily bread/.  Forgive us our debts and sins/ as we have forgiven our debtors/. Lead us not into  temptation/. But  deliver us from the evil one;/  For thine is the kingdom,/ the power and the glory,/ For ever and ever./ Amin.

L.         Hail Mary! full of grace.

P.         Our Lord is with Thee./ Blessed art Thou among women/. blessed is the fruit of thy womb/ -our Lord Jesus Christ/. O! Virgin, Saint Mary,/ O! mother of God,/ pray for us sinners/ now and at all times,/ and at the hour of our death/.   Amin.

L. O! Lord,  who never sleeps , but ever awake, wake us up from our sleep in the sloth of sin/, so that  we may sing praises to  your perpetual vigilance/. 

P.   O! Thou who never dies, but ever lives/ give life to us who are dead in the sleep of death and decay,/ so that  we may adore your mercy/.  Grant  us that we may bless and magnify Thee in holiness/, in the glorious company of the angels/ who sing  your praises in heaven/, Father, Son , and  Holy Spirit/, now and always and for ages of ages./  Amin./

            Kauma

L. † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever.

P.  † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever./ † Blessed is the glory of the Lord, in His place; for ever/.

L.         Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us.

P.  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us./  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have compassion and mercy upon us.

L.         Holy art Thou and glorious forever.

P.        You are holy and glorious forever/. You are holy  and blessed is your name forever  and ever/.

L.         Glory be to you, O! Lord.

P.         Glory be to you, O! Lord.  Glory be to you, ever our hope.   Barekmor.

L.         Our Father.....,             Hail Mary......

L.  Have mercy upon us O! Lord/  by the prayers of  your  saints, who pleased  you by their lives/

P.  The Prophets who spoke about  you in the  holy spirit/  the Apostles who proclaimed  you/  and the Martyrs who died  for their love for you/ shall pray to you for us/.  Have mercy upon us/.  Pray for us, all ye saints/ to Him whose will you performed/, that He may remove and avert from us/ punishments and rods of rage/. O! Lord/  by their supplications and intercessions/, absolve us and our departed ones.   Amin

L. † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever.

P.  † Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place for ever./        † Blessed is the glory of the Lord, in His place; for ever/.

L.         Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us.

P.  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have mercy upon us./  Holy and glorious Trinity!  Have compassion and mercy upon us.

L.         Holy art Thou and glorious forever.

P.        You are holy and glorious forever/. You are holy  and blessed is your name forever  and ever/.

L.         Glory be to you, O! Lord.

P.         Glory be to you, O! Lord.   Glory be to you, ever our hope.   Barekmor.

L.         Our Father.....,                            Hail Mary......

BOVOOSO

L.    O! you who are merciful to the sinners/ have mercy  upon us on the day of judgement/. 

P.     In the abundance of your grace / forgive us our debts and sins/.  The distressed ones knock  at your door/.  O! gracious One/   answer their petitions/  by your loving kindness/.  O! heavenly Father/  we beseech you/.  O! Lord of the heavenly ones and the hope of the  earthly ones/ accept our  offices and be merciful to us/.

L   Haleluyyah Haaleluyyah Haleluyyah / praise be to you/ O Lord/.

P.  Haaleluyyah Haaleluyyah Haaleluyyah / praise be to you/ O Lord/.

Haaleluyyah Haaleluyyah Haaleluyyah / praise be to you/ O Lord/.

All. In Eucharist and in prayers/ let us remember those our  fathers/ who taught us to be the children of God , while they were living/. The Son of God will grant them rest in the eternal kingdom of heaven/, with the  righteous and the just/. O Lord/  have mercy upon us and help us/.

ANGELIC HYMN.

L.  Like the angels and the archangels in heaven,/ we  the frail and earthly ones, sing your praises..

P. At all times and in all moments/, let there be peace   on earth /and  concord and good hope to the children of men.

L.  We praise you, / we fall before you in worship/ and we raise up a hymn of glory to you

P.  We praise you,/  for the greatness of  your  glory/,  O! Lord creator/ heavenly king/  God the Father Almighty/  and Thee O! Lord  God, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ/ and Thee  O! Holy Spirit./

L.  O! Lord God,/  lamb of God,  Son and  Word of the Father/ who bears, and has borne the sins of the world,/ have mercy upon us

P.  You who bears and has borne the sins of the world/ incline  your ears to us  and accept our prayers.

L.   You who sits in glory at the right side of  the Father /  have compassion and mercy upon us.

P.  For, You alone  are Holy/, You alone are the Lord Jesus Christ/ with the  Holy Spirit/ in the glory of God the Father./  Amin.

L.  At all times and in  all the days of our lives/ we  will bless you  and glorify your holy name/ holy and blessed for ever.

P.  Almighty God, God of our Fathers/  blessed art you and glorious is your  name/ adored is your glory for ever and ever.

L. Glory is fitting to you/ becoming to you  is praise/ befitting to you is adoration/ O! God of all/  the Father of Truth/ with  your only  begotten Son and the living  Holy Spirit/ now and always/ for ever and ever.

P. Amin.

L. O!  Jesus Christ our Lord, /  Close not the  door of  your mercy before  our faces.

P.  We confess, we are sinners/ have mercy upon us./.  O! Lord,/ Your love for us made you to come down  to us from your place/  that by your death,  our death might be abolished/,. Have mercy upon us. 

KAUMA

             Psalm  51

L.         Have mercy upon me, O God,/ according to your unfailing love/, according to your great compassion/ blot out my transgressions.

P.         Wash away all my iniquity/ and cleanse me from my sin./ For I know my transgressions/ and my sin is always before me./

L.         Against you,/ you only, have I sinned,/ and done what is evil in your sight/, so that you are proved right when you speak/ and justified when you judge./ Surely I was sinful at birth/ sinful from the time my mother conceived me./

P.         Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;/ you teach me wisdom in the inmost place./ Cleanse me with hyssop /and I will be clean;/ wash me,/and I will be whiter than snow./

L.         Let me hear joy and gladness;/ let the bones you have crushed rejoice./ Hide your face from my sins/ and blot out all my iniquity./

P.         Create in me a pure heart, O God,/and renew a steadfast spirit within me./ Do not cast me from your presence/ or take away your Holy Spirit from me./

L.         Restore to me the joy of your salvation/ and uphold me by your generous spirit../ Then I will teach transgressors your ways/ and sinners will turn back to you./

P.         Save me from bloodguilt, O God,/ the God who saves me,/  and my tongue will sing of your righteousness./ O Lord, open my lips,/ and  my mouth will declare your praise./

L.         You do not delight in sacrifice, / or I would bring it/ and you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings./ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;/ a broken and contrite heart O! God, / you will not despise./

P.         In your good pleasure, make Zion prosper;/ build up the walls of Jerusalem/. Then there will be righteous sacrifices,/ whole burnt offerings to delight you;/  then bulls will be offered  on your altar./

All. Glory be to Thee O Lord.

L.  It is good to give thanks to Thee  O Lord

P.  and to sing praises to your exalted Name/   to proclaim   Your loving kindness,  at the break of the day/,  and  your faithfulness during the  night/. O Lord!, listen to our voices at the dawn/,  and in the morning may You find us ready /. O Lord absolve and pardon all our sins/.  O Holy One, overshadow your right hand over us/  and heal all our infirmities/, for the sake of  Your eternal Name/.  Aameen/.

KAUMA      Page…….

Nicene creed.   Page…..

INTERCESSIONS

Response.  Lor have mercy upon us all

O Heavenly father who loves  mankind even when  they are backsliders and  ungrateful.

O Son of God who  showed us the way of salvation from sinful life.

O Holy spirit who leads us constantly and watches us from the  evil ones.

O Holy Trinity preserve us  in your good care so that we may become heirs in  your kingdom along with the  holy ones who pleased you by their good life, along with our  departed dear ones.

Lord preserve  your church  so that she may   bear witness to the world for all your goodness to mankind.

Please save our church from divisions and quarrels  and help her children to grow in  your likeness.

Lord keep our  dear Bava Thirumeny in good health. Give him strength to guide  your children in good ways.

Now we remember our dear Thirumeny and all our bishops , priests . Please keep them in your good care.

Lord bless our teachers, parents, brothers and sisters, our grand parents and all our relatives. Keep them from sickness and  all other tribulations of living.

Bless our parishes and  our  diocese here.

  May the grace and mercy of our  lord be with us all.

"To err is human and to forgive is divine" "Please forgive...!!!