Prayer VI, of St. Basil

☩ Morning Prayers (version 2) ☩

We bless Thee, O Most High God and Lord of mercy,
Who ever doest with us things both great and inscrutable,
both glorious and awesome, of which there is no measure;
Who grantest to us sleep for rest from our infirmities, and relaxation from the labours of our much-toiling flesh.
We thank Thee that Thou hast not destroyed us with our iniquities, but hast shown Thy loving-kindness to man as usual,
and while we were lying in despair upon our beds, Thou hast raised us up that we might glorify Thy dominion.
Wherefore, we implore Thy boundless goodness: Enlighten the eyes of our understanding and raise up our mind from the heavy sleep of indolence;
open our mouth and fill it with Thy praise, that we may be able steadily to hymn and confess Thee,
Who art God glorified in all and by all, the unoriginate Father, with Thine Only-begotten Son,
and Thine All-holy and good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.

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More from Morning Prayers (version 2)

• Beginning Prayer
• The Prayer of the Publican
• The Beginning Prayer
• Troparia to the Holy Trinity
• Prayer of Saint Basil the Great to the Most Holy Trinity
• Psalm 50
• The Symbol of the Faith (Nicene Creed)
• Prayer I, of St. Macarius the Great
• Prayer II , of St. Macarius the Great
• Prayer III , of St. Macarius the Great
• Prayer IV , of St. Macarius the Great
• Prayer V, of St. Basil the Great
• Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos
• Prayer to our Lord Jesus Christ
• Prayer IX, to the Holy Guardian Angel
• Prayer X, to the Most Holy Theotokos
• Prayerful Invocation of the Saint Whose Name we bear
• Song to the Most Holy Theotokos
• Troparion to the Cross
• For the Living
• For the Departed
• Final Morning Prayer
• Morning dismissal

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