A Prayer of Basil The Great

We bless you, O God most high and Lord of mercies,
always working great and mysterious deeds for us,
glorious, wonderful, and numberless;
who provides us with sleep as a rest from our infirmities
and as a repose for our bodies tired by labor.

We thank you for not destroying us in our transgressions.
Instead, because of your love toward mankind you have raised us up,
as we lay in despair,
that we may glorify your Majesty.

We appeal to your infinite goodness:
enlighten the eyes of our understanding
and raise up our minds front the heavy sleep of indolence;
open our mouths and fill them with your praise,
that we may unceasingly sing and confess you,
who are God glorified in all and by all,
the eternal Father, the Only-Begotten Son,
and the all-holy and good and life-giving Spirit:
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

- Basil the Great

You Know Each Soul and Our Prayer - Basil The Great

O Lord,
the Helper of the helpless,
the Hope of those who are past hope,
the Savior of the tempest-tossed,
the Harbor of the voyagers,
the Physician of the sick…

You know each soul and our prayer,
each home and its need.

Become to each one of us what we most dearly require,
receiving us all into your kingdom,
making us children of light,
and pour on us your peace and love,
O Lord our God.
Amen.

- Basil the Great

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