Composed by St. Adæus and St. Maris, Teachers of the Easterns.
I. First: Glory to God in the highest, etc. Our Father which art in heaven.
Prayer.
Strengthen, O our Lord and God, our weakness through Your mercy, that we may administer the holy mystery which has been given for the renovation and salvation of our degraded nature, through the mercies of Your beloved Son the Lord of all.
On common days.
Adored, glorified, lauded, celebrated, exalted, and blessed in heaven and on earth, be the adorable and glorious name of Your ever-glorious Trinity, O Lord of all.
On common days they sing the Psalm (xv.), Lord, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? entire with its canon, of the mystery of the sacraments.
(Aloud.)
Who shall shout with joy? Etc.
Prayer.
II. Before the resplendent throne of Your majesty, O Lord, and the exalted and sublime throne of Your glory, and on the awful seat of the strength of Your love and the propiatory altar which Your will has established, in the region of Your pasture, with thousands of cherubim praising You, and ten thousands of seraphim sanctifying You, we draw near, adore, thank, and glorify You always, O Lord of all.
On commemorations and Fridays.
Your name, great and holy, illustrious and blessed, the blessed and incomprehensible name of Your glorious Trinity, and Your kindness to our race, we ought at all times to bless, adore, and glorify, O Lord of all.
Responsory at the chancel, as above.
Who commanded, etc.
To the priest, etc.
Prayer.
How breathes in us, O our Lord and God, the sweet fragrance of the sweetness of Your love; illumined are our souls, through the knowledge of Your truth: may we be rendered worthy of receiving the manifestation of Your beloved from Your holy heavens: there shall we render thanks unto You, and, in the meantime, glorify You without ceasing in Your Church, crowned and filled with every aid and blessing, because You are Lord and Father, Creator of all.
III. Prayer of Incense.
We shall repeat the hymn to Your glorious Trinity, O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
On fast-days.
And on account, etc.
At the commemoration of saints.
You, O Lord, art truly the raiser up of our bodies: You are the good Saviour of our souls, and the secure preserver of our life; and we ought to thank You continually, to adore and glorify You, O Lord of all.
At the lessons.
Holy are You, worthy of praise, mighty, immortal, who dwellest in the holies, and Your will rests in them: have regard unto us, O Lord; be merciful unto us, and pity us, as You are our helper in all circumstances, O Lord of all.
IV. At the apostle.
Enlighten, O our Lord and God, the movements of our meditations to hear and understand the sweet listenings to Your life-giving and divine commands; and grant unto us through Your grace and mercy to gather from them the assurance of love, and hope, and salvation suitable to soul and body, and we shall sing to You everlasting glory without ceasing and always, O Lord of all.
On fast-days.
To You, the wise governor, etc.
V. Descending, he shall salute the Gospel, saying this prayer before the altar.
You, the renowned seed of Your Father, and the image of the person of Your Father, who was revealed in the body of our humanity, and arose to us in the light of Your annunciation, You we thank, adore, etc.
And after the proclamation: —
You, O Lord God Almighty, we beseech and entreat, perfect with us Your grace, and pour out through our hands Your gift, the pity and compassion of Your divinity. May they be to us for the propitiation of the offenses of Your people, and for the forgiveness of the sins of the entire flock of Your pasture, through Your grace and tender mercies, O good friend of men, O Lord of all.
VI. The Deacons say:—
Bow your heads.
The Priest says this secret prayer in the sanctuary: —
O Lord God Omnipotent, Yours is the Holy Catholic Church, inasmuch as You, through the great passion of Your Christ, bought the sheep of Your pasture; and from the grace of the Holy Spirit, who is indeed of one nature with Your glorious divinity, are granted the degrees of the true priestly ordination; and through Your clemency You vouchsafed, O Lord, to make our weakness spiritual members in the great body of Your Holy Church, that we might administer spiritual aid to faithful souls. Now, O Lord, perfect Your grace with us, and pour out Your gift through our hands: and may Your tender mercies and the clemency of Your divinity be upon us, and upon the people whom You have chosen for Yourself.
(Aloud.)
And grant unto us, O Lord, through Your clemency, that we may all together, and equally every day of our life, please Your divinity, and be rendered worthy of the aid of Your grace to offer You praise, honour, thanksgiving, and adoration at all times, O Lord.