Daily Reflection

“O Lord and Master of my life, grant me not the spirit of idleness (ἀργίας, праздности), despondency, lust

“Come, O wretched soul, together with your body/flesh (σὺν τῇ σαρκί σου), and confess to the Creator of

“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from

“Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared

“Open to me the doors/gates (πύλας) of repentance, O Giver of Life: for early in the morning my

“And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of

“Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up

“When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two

“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will