2nd: The Prayer

Priest:

O Lord, the Merciful and Lover of mankind, Who accepts the penitent, Who knows that man´s thoughts tend to go to evil from his infancy, Who desire not the death of the sinner but to return back to Him and live, Who was incarnated for the salvation of mankind, Who did say, I did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance, Who did seek for and found the stray sheep and the lost coin, Who did say, he that comes unto Me, I will not cast out, Who did forgive the adulteress after she repented, in the past.

Likewise, You forgave the sins of the paralytic and gave him good health. You who said there is joy in heaven over one sinner that repents. You also said, every time if you fall, rise and you shall be saved. Look, O Merciful from Your holy heavens, and abide in Your servants who confessed their sins, they who are coming to You with faith and hope, forgive their inequities, whether they were by deed, words or thought. Purify them from all sins. Preserve them for the rest of their lives walking in Your commandments so that the enemy may not rejoice in them once more. And may in this Your Holy Name be glorified, and to You all the glory, might and worship, are due at all times and unto the age of all ages, now forever and ever Amen.