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what's that? and how do you say it? audio????
FASTING AND PRAYER
Refrain
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
Jesus by whom all things were made
Himself has fasted and has prayed
The glory of these forty days We do celebrate with songs of praise
Grant us O Lord by them renew Our life of fast and prayer with You
To You I pray have pity on me Be gracious and answer my plea
Mercy I cry Lord wash me clean And whiter than snow my spirit shall be
Do not withhold Your face from me Forgive my sins and set me free
Happy is he, forgiven by God His sins blotted out by the Savior’s blood
To You O lord I lift up my soul In You my God I place my trust
Look down on me, have mercy O Lord Forgive me my sins behold my grief
You are my joy, my refugee and strength Let all upright hearts praise the Lord
My soul will sing, my heart will rejoice The blessings of God will fill my days
THE BORN BLIND MAN
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
A man was blind since his birth Was seen by the disciples as they passed by
They asked Jesus: Was it the man’s sin Or his parents’ that be had no eyes?
Jesus answered: Neither is the case But that God through him be glorified
A miracle will be witnessed by all That His Holy name be magnified
Jesus said to the man: Come forward And made of the dust a piece of clay
He touched the man’s eyes with and said: Go to Saloam and wash the clay away
The man did so and came back seeing His eyes were created in him anew
The crowd was astonished to see the miracle And wondered is it the same man they knew
Blessed are those...
The Pharisees said to the man: Is it true That you have been blind since birth
And that Jesus opened your eyes Using the clay of the dust of the earth?
He told them: Yes, I am the one Who was born blind but now can see
A Man called Jesus opened my eyes I do confess that He did heal me
They then said Jesus is a sinner Performing a miracle on a Sabbath day
The man declared: How can this be A Great Prophet He is I have to say!
They asked his parents: Is he your son? The parents answered: He is for sure
But how he sees, we do not know He should explain, he is mature
Blessed are those...
The Pharisees again asked how was he healed This made him angry and upset
He said: Would you be willing to believe If I told you that he is a Prophet?"
They said to the man: In sin, you were born You try to teach us how do you dare?
We follow Moses of whom we know Jesus we know not comes from where
They cast him away, reviling him In Jesus they didn't want to believe
Their eyes were blinded to see the truth The grace of God, they never did receive
The simple eye is the body’s light It sees the truth, its light always shine
Opening our eyes we ask You Lord Honor and majesty and power are Yours
Blessed are those ...
THE FRACTION OF LENT
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
Moses fasted for forty days To be purified in body and spirit
To receive from God the two tablets With the ten commandments on them written
When Moses saw the Almighty God His glory filled Moses with grace
The people of Israel covered their eyes They could riot look at his radiant face
Fasting and prayer of the prophet Daniel Saved his life in the lions' den
The Lord kept shut the lions' mouths For God protects His holy men
Blessed are those...
Elijah fasted and prayed that the sky For three and half years would stop to rain
That the Israelites who went astray Would feel hunger, agony and pain
As they repented he asked the Lord To bring the rain with His mighty hand
The Lord opened the gates of heaven Rain and rejoicing filled the land
Fasting and prayers of Nineveh As they appealed to God above
When they repented God forgave Their sins and filled them with His love
Blessed are those...
Fasting and prayers of the disciples Spread God’s Word to every nation
Baptizing and preaching the Holy Gospel Healing and bringing salvation
Fasting and prayers of the martyrs Gave them the power to stand the pain
Knowing that even losing their lives Is nothing compared to their heavenly gain
Fasting and prayers of the righteous And cross bearers kept them living
In the caves and deserts and mountains Because of their love for Christ the king
Blessed are those...
THE PALSIED MAN
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
There was a pool in Bethesda Near the great temple in Jerusalem
Where those afflicted stayed near by The blind, the palsied and the lame
For every now and then to the pool Came an angel from heaven
Moving the water and blessing it Healing power to the water was given
Whoever gets in first would be healed As soon after the angel came
So all the sick waited by the pool To get in first was each man's aim
Blessed are those...
A man with illness, thirty-eight years Was seen by Jesus lying in there
Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed The man said: I have no friends who care
Whenever I try to get in the pool Someone will get in before me
I have no strength to move in fast No hope for healing that I can see
Jesus said: Get up now and walk You will have strength to carry your bed
At once, the man was totally healed And did exactly what Jesus said
Blessed are those...
The Jews then saw the man walking Carrying the bed on which he used to lay
They told him that it was not lawful To carry his bed on a Sabbath day
The man answered that it was the One Who healed me, ordered me to do so
Who is this Man? they asked him As Jesus moved away, the man didn’t know
Later that day in the temple Jesus said to the man as he walked through
Now that you are well, sin no more That nothing worse may befall you
Blessed are those...
The man went back to the Jews and said: It was Jesus who made me walk
Persecuting Jesus the Jews then sought Saying the Sabbath commandment He broke
Jesus then told them: My Father is still Working in this world and so I do
That made the Jews even more intent To kill Him as their hate to Jesus grew
No matter how many years we have A sickness of the body or of the soul
God will forgive if we repent And heal and bless us, one and all
Blessed are those...
THE PRODIGAL SON
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
There was a man who had two sons Working with him in the house they grew
After his death all that he had Was to be divided between the two
The younger son said to his father Give me now my share of what you own
Soon after that he took what be received And went far away to live on his own
He spent his money by living in sin With youth who came to have fun with him
Not long after, he lost all he had The future seemed so gloomy and grim
Blessed are those...
A famine came throughout the land His friends left him when the money was gone
He looked for a job to feed himself For a long time he could not find one
At last he got a job on a pig farm And gladly shared of what the swine ate
Sorrow and pain soon filled his heart Lonely and sad he became, what a fate!
He said to himself that was a mistake To leave my loving father at home
I was living in comfort and peace Now I am an outcast, the land I roam
Blessed are those...
The servants in my father’s house Have better food than I have to eat
I hardly can live on the swine's food In my father’s home living was sweet
I wish I could go now back home And tell him in the past we didn't get along
I sinned against you and heaven I know now that I have done you wrong
Please take me back, I beg of you I lost everything and have no place to go
Consider me a servant in your home A son I don't deserve to be, I know
Blessed are those...
When the son left the father was sad Wondering always what was his son’s fate
He was hoping to see him once again For long hours he would sit by the gate
The father saw his son from afar Coming home tired and walking slow
He ran, embraced and hugged his boy And said: Come to me, I missed you so
The son then cried: I’m not worthy I do not deserve in your sight to stand
I sinned against you and heaven Please take me as a hired hand
The father said: You’re my flesh and blood You’ll always be to me a son
He ordered for him to get new shoes A ring for his finger, a robe to put on
A fattened calf we shall eat today Let joy and happiness in this home abound
My son was dead and now is alive To me he was lost, but now is found
Blessed are those...
The eldest son with his father was upset And said to his father with eyes full of tears
You are unfair to your good son You gave me nothing throughout the years
Your prodigal son wasted his share While I worked for you like a slave
For him a feast you have prepared A goat for my friends you never gave
The father said: All I have is yours I appreciate you're always here
Please understand a fathers heart You are both to my heart so dear
God always calls those who drift and say My arms to you are open and wide
Even if you’re lost and call on Me You’ll always find me by your side
Blessed are those...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
Jesus departed from Judea Was on His way to Galilee land
He had to pass through Samaria The heat of the sun was hard to stand
He stopped by a town called Sychar And sat for a while to rest from the heat
In a land that Jacob gave to Joseph There lies Jacob's well in it, at his feet
'The disciples, to buy food, went to town A journey ahead, of a whole day to go
Jesus looked up by the well nearby A woman from Samaria coming He saw
Carrying a pail to draw water with From the well, as she did every day
Jesus asked her if she could give Him Water to quench His thirst away
Blessed are those...
She said; How can I give You water The Jews and Samaritans don’t get along
I am a Samaritan, You are a Jew You Jews have done the Samaritans wrong
He said: If you know about God’s gift The One who is asking you for a drink
He is that gives living water From giving Him water, you would not shrink
She looked at Him and said: How can You get water when the well is deep
You don’t even have a pail to use So where would You, the water keep?
Are You greater than Prophet Jacob Who gave this well a thousand years ago
To us to satisfy our needs His greatness and kindness we all know?"
Blessed are those...
Jesus said: From this water you drink After a while, you'll thirst again
The water I give to you will be A spring of eternal life for all men
The woman said: Give me of this water That I may not again come here
You utter strange but marvelous things I wish others, to your words, would hear
Jesus said: Go call your husband To listen to what I have to say
She said to Him: No husband I have And turned her face from Him away
Jesus told her: Right, you have said Five husbands you had in the past
The man in your house is not your spouse The truth came from your heart at last
Blessed are those...
She said: I see You are a Prophet Although I do not know, Sir, Your name
Tell me which place one should worship Here as our fathers said or in Jerusalem?
Believe me woman, the day will come In the near future Jesus replied
People will not worship the Father Here, there, or on the mountain side
You worship what yet, don’t know about But we Jewish, worship what we know
The Lord of Salvation for us will come From Him the Living Water will flow
God is Spirit and those who believe And worship Him in truth and spirit
With them the Father will be pleased They shine in heaven and their lamps are lit
The woman said: The Messiah will come To show us all things that are and will be
Jesus answered: You should by now know The One you speak with now, is He
Blessed are those...
At that moment the disciples came back And were surprised to see Him talk
To the Samaritan woman by the well As she was starting away to walk
They said to Jesus: Master, eat The food we brought form town to You
He said: My nourishment is not meat But doing the will of Him who sent Me
Isn’t it four months till harvest I say lift up your eyes and see
The fields are ripe and ready to be reaped The sowed and the reaper, happy both will be
The woman told the people of the town A Man told me all that I have done
He might be the coming Messiah So all of them at once, to Him were gone
After two days of hearing Him teach And the Word from God they did receive
They told the woman: For ourselves we saw He is the world's Savior, we truly believe
Blessed are those...
THE SUNDAY OF TEMPTATION
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
Jesus fasted in the wilderness For forty nights and forty days
Teaching us to follow in His path And walk in the narrow and righteous ways
When Jesus showed great hunger The tempter came to Him and said
If you are truly the Son of God Change this stone to a loaf of bread
Jesus said to Satan: It is written By bread alone man shall not live
The Word of Cod will fill his needs Everlasting life the Lord will give
Blessed are those...
The devil took Him to the temple And said as You stand in this holy place
If truly You are the Son of God Throw Yourself from here to the base
For God will send His mighty angels To watch over those who are His own
To give protection and support Your feet will not touch any stone
Jesus said to him: It is written You should not try to tempt the Lord
For He, is your Maker and Creator And you cannot withstand His sword
Blessed are those...
The devil became weary and confused Why would the Lord hunger and fast
And wondered if this was the Messiah Who came to save the world at last
So he took Him to a high mountain The glory of the world under Him to see
And said all this I shall give You if you bow down and worship me
Then Jesus said: Be gone you devil One shall worship God and not Satan
The devil departed as the angels Came to serve the blessed Son of Man
Blessed are those...
i found those on there: http://www.geocities.com/samirbillatos/Relig-Data.html
ANY idea how to say them PLEASE??? audio?
Refrain
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia
Jesus by whom all things were made
Himself has fasted and has prayed
The glory of these forty days We do celebrate with songs of praise
Grant us O Lord by them renew Our life of fast and prayer with You
To You I pray have pity on me Be gracious and answer my plea
Mercy I cry Lord wash me clean And whiter than snow my spirit shall be
Do not withhold Your face from me Forgive my sins and set me free
Happy is he, forgiven by God His sins blotted out by the Savior’s blood
To You O lord I lift up my soul In You my God I place my trust
Look down on me, have mercy O Lord Forgive me my sins behold my grief
You are my joy, my refugee and strength Let all upright hearts praise the Lord
My soul will sing, my heart will rejoice The blessings of God will fill my days
THE BORN BLIND MAN
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
A man was blind since his birth Was seen by the disciples as they passed by
They asked Jesus: Was it the man’s sin Or his parents’ that be had no eyes?
Jesus answered: Neither is the case But that God through him be glorified
A miracle will be witnessed by all That His Holy name be magnified
Jesus said to the man: Come forward And made of the dust a piece of clay
He touched the man’s eyes with and said: Go to Saloam and wash the clay away
The man did so and came back seeing His eyes were created in him anew
The crowd was astonished to see the miracle And wondered is it the same man they knew
Blessed are those...
The Pharisees said to the man: Is it true That you have been blind since birth
And that Jesus opened your eyes Using the clay of the dust of the earth?
He told them: Yes, I am the one Who was born blind but now can see
A Man called Jesus opened my eyes I do confess that He did heal me
They then said Jesus is a sinner Performing a miracle on a Sabbath day
The man declared: How can this be A Great Prophet He is I have to say!
They asked his parents: Is he your son? The parents answered: He is for sure
But how he sees, we do not know He should explain, he is mature
Blessed are those...
The Pharisees again asked how was he healed This made him angry and upset
He said: Would you be willing to believe If I told you that he is a Prophet?"
They said to the man: In sin, you were born You try to teach us how do you dare?
We follow Moses of whom we know Jesus we know not comes from where
They cast him away, reviling him In Jesus they didn't want to believe
Their eyes were blinded to see the truth The grace of God, they never did receive
The simple eye is the body’s light It sees the truth, its light always shine
Opening our eyes we ask You Lord Honor and majesty and power are Yours
Blessed are those ...
THE FRACTION OF LENT
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
Moses fasted for forty days To be purified in body and spirit
To receive from God the two tablets With the ten commandments on them written
When Moses saw the Almighty God His glory filled Moses with grace
The people of Israel covered their eyes They could riot look at his radiant face
Fasting and prayer of the prophet Daniel Saved his life in the lions' den
The Lord kept shut the lions' mouths For God protects His holy men
Blessed are those...
Elijah fasted and prayed that the sky For three and half years would stop to rain
That the Israelites who went astray Would feel hunger, agony and pain
As they repented he asked the Lord To bring the rain with His mighty hand
The Lord opened the gates of heaven Rain and rejoicing filled the land
Fasting and prayers of Nineveh As they appealed to God above
When they repented God forgave Their sins and filled them with His love
Blessed are those...
Fasting and prayers of the disciples Spread God’s Word to every nation
Baptizing and preaching the Holy Gospel Healing and bringing salvation
Fasting and prayers of the martyrs Gave them the power to stand the pain
Knowing that even losing their lives Is nothing compared to their heavenly gain
Fasting and prayers of the righteous And cross bearers kept them living
In the caves and deserts and mountains Because of their love for Christ the king
Blessed are those...
THE PALSIED MAN
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
There was a pool in Bethesda Near the great temple in Jerusalem
Where those afflicted stayed near by The blind, the palsied and the lame
For every now and then to the pool Came an angel from heaven
Moving the water and blessing it Healing power to the water was given
Whoever gets in first would be healed As soon after the angel came
So all the sick waited by the pool To get in first was each man's aim
Blessed are those...
A man with illness, thirty-eight years Was seen by Jesus lying in there
Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed The man said: I have no friends who care
Whenever I try to get in the pool Someone will get in before me
I have no strength to move in fast No hope for healing that I can see
Jesus said: Get up now and walk You will have strength to carry your bed
At once, the man was totally healed And did exactly what Jesus said
Blessed are those...
The Jews then saw the man walking Carrying the bed on which he used to lay
They told him that it was not lawful To carry his bed on a Sabbath day
The man answered that it was the One Who healed me, ordered me to do so
Who is this Man? they asked him As Jesus moved away, the man didn’t know
Later that day in the temple Jesus said to the man as he walked through
Now that you are well, sin no more That nothing worse may befall you
Blessed are those...
The man went back to the Jews and said: It was Jesus who made me walk
Persecuting Jesus the Jews then sought Saying the Sabbath commandment He broke
Jesus then told them: My Father is still Working in this world and so I do
That made the Jews even more intent To kill Him as their hate to Jesus grew
No matter how many years we have A sickness of the body or of the soul
God will forgive if we repent And heal and bless us, one and all
Blessed are those...
THE PRODIGAL SON
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
There was a man who had two sons Working with him in the house they grew
After his death all that he had Was to be divided between the two
The younger son said to his father Give me now my share of what you own
Soon after that he took what be received And went far away to live on his own
He spent his money by living in sin With youth who came to have fun with him
Not long after, he lost all he had The future seemed so gloomy and grim
Blessed are those...
A famine came throughout the land His friends left him when the money was gone
He looked for a job to feed himself For a long time he could not find one
At last he got a job on a pig farm And gladly shared of what the swine ate
Sorrow and pain soon filled his heart Lonely and sad he became, what a fate!
He said to himself that was a mistake To leave my loving father at home
I was living in comfort and peace Now I am an outcast, the land I roam
Blessed are those...
The servants in my father’s house Have better food than I have to eat
I hardly can live on the swine's food In my father’s home living was sweet
I wish I could go now back home And tell him in the past we didn't get along
I sinned against you and heaven I know now that I have done you wrong
Please take me back, I beg of you I lost everything and have no place to go
Consider me a servant in your home A son I don't deserve to be, I know
Blessed are those...
When the son left the father was sad Wondering always what was his son’s fate
He was hoping to see him once again For long hours he would sit by the gate
The father saw his son from afar Coming home tired and walking slow
He ran, embraced and hugged his boy And said: Come to me, I missed you so
The son then cried: I’m not worthy I do not deserve in your sight to stand
I sinned against you and heaven Please take me as a hired hand
The father said: You’re my flesh and blood You’ll always be to me a son
He ordered for him to get new shoes A ring for his finger, a robe to put on
A fattened calf we shall eat today Let joy and happiness in this home abound
My son was dead and now is alive To me he was lost, but now is found
Blessed are those...
The eldest son with his father was upset And said to his father with eyes full of tears
You are unfair to your good son You gave me nothing throughout the years
Your prodigal son wasted his share While I worked for you like a slave
For him a feast you have prepared A goat for my friends you never gave
The father said: All I have is yours I appreciate you're always here
Please understand a fathers heart You are both to my heart so dear
God always calls those who drift and say My arms to you are open and wide
Even if you’re lost and call on Me You’ll always find me by your side
Blessed are those...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
Jesus departed from Judea Was on His way to Galilee land
He had to pass through Samaria The heat of the sun was hard to stand
He stopped by a town called Sychar And sat for a while to rest from the heat
In a land that Jacob gave to Joseph There lies Jacob's well in it, at his feet
'The disciples, to buy food, went to town A journey ahead, of a whole day to go
Jesus looked up by the well nearby A woman from Samaria coming He saw
Carrying a pail to draw water with From the well, as she did every day
Jesus asked her if she could give Him Water to quench His thirst away
Blessed are those...
She said; How can I give You water The Jews and Samaritans don’t get along
I am a Samaritan, You are a Jew You Jews have done the Samaritans wrong
He said: If you know about God’s gift The One who is asking you for a drink
He is that gives living water From giving Him water, you would not shrink
She looked at Him and said: How can You get water when the well is deep
You don’t even have a pail to use So where would You, the water keep?
Are You greater than Prophet Jacob Who gave this well a thousand years ago
To us to satisfy our needs His greatness and kindness we all know?"
Blessed are those...
Jesus said: From this water you drink After a while, you'll thirst again
The water I give to you will be A spring of eternal life for all men
The woman said: Give me of this water That I may not again come here
You utter strange but marvelous things I wish others, to your words, would hear
Jesus said: Go call your husband To listen to what I have to say
She said to Him: No husband I have And turned her face from Him away
Jesus told her: Right, you have said Five husbands you had in the past
The man in your house is not your spouse The truth came from your heart at last
Blessed are those...
She said: I see You are a Prophet Although I do not know, Sir, Your name
Tell me which place one should worship Here as our fathers said or in Jerusalem?
Believe me woman, the day will come In the near future Jesus replied
People will not worship the Father Here, there, or on the mountain side
You worship what yet, don’t know about But we Jewish, worship what we know
The Lord of Salvation for us will come From Him the Living Water will flow
God is Spirit and those who believe And worship Him in truth and spirit
With them the Father will be pleased They shine in heaven and their lamps are lit
The woman said: The Messiah will come To show us all things that are and will be
Jesus answered: You should by now know The One you speak with now, is He
Blessed are those...
At that moment the disciples came back And were surprised to see Him talk
To the Samaritan woman by the well As she was starting away to walk
They said to Jesus: Master, eat The food we brought form town to You
He said: My nourishment is not meat But doing the will of Him who sent Me
Isn’t it four months till harvest I say lift up your eyes and see
The fields are ripe and ready to be reaped The sowed and the reaper, happy both will be
The woman told the people of the town A Man told me all that I have done
He might be the coming Messiah So all of them at once, to Him were gone
After two days of hearing Him teach And the Word from God they did receive
They told the woman: For ourselves we saw He is the world's Savior, we truly believe
Blessed are those...
THE SUNDAY OF TEMPTATION
Blessed are those who have mercy Who give to the poor and fast and pray
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day
Jesus fasted in the wilderness For forty nights and forty days
Teaching us to follow in His path And walk in the narrow and righteous ways
When Jesus showed great hunger The tempter came to Him and said
If you are truly the Son of God Change this stone to a loaf of bread
Jesus said to Satan: It is written By bread alone man shall not live
The Word of Cod will fill his needs Everlasting life the Lord will give
Blessed are those...
The devil took Him to the temple And said as You stand in this holy place
If truly You are the Son of God Throw Yourself from here to the base
For God will send His mighty angels To watch over those who are His own
To give protection and support Your feet will not touch any stone
Jesus said to him: It is written You should not try to tempt the Lord
For He, is your Maker and Creator And you cannot withstand His sword
Blessed are those...
The devil became weary and confused Why would the Lord hunger and fast
And wondered if this was the Messiah Who came to save the world at last
So he took Him to a high mountain The glory of the world under Him to see
And said all this I shall give You if you bow down and worship me
Then Jesus said: Be gone you devil One shall worship God and not Satan
The devil departed as the angels Came to serve the blessed Son of Man
Blessed are those...
i found those on there: http://www.geocities.com/samirbillatos/Relig-Data.html
ANY idea how to say them PLEASE??? audio?
Comments
http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Divine_Liturgies/St._Mark_Washington_DC,_Liturgy_of_St._Cyril.html
Its the 15th track
-Peter