4th Prayer, of St. John of Damascus

O Lord and Master Jesus Christ our God, Who alone hast power to absolve

men from their sins, for Thou art good and lovest mankind: forgive all my

transgressions done in knowledge or in ignorance, and make me worthy

without condemnation to have communion of Thy divine and glorious and

pure and life-creating mysteries. Let them not be for my punishment, or

for the increase of my sins. But let them be for my purification and

sanctification, as a promise of the life and Kingdom to come, a defense

and a help and a repulsion of every attacker and the removal of my many

transgressions. For Thou art a God of mercy and generosity and love for

mankind, and to Thee we ascribe glory, with the Father and the Holy

Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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