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Mon 31 Mar 2025 10:05:20 PM EDT

Lenten Prayer of St Ephrem

This ancient prayer is prescribed for the Canonical Hours of the weekdays of Great Lent. It is attributed to St Ephraim the Syrian (AD 306-373) and is an excellent summary of how we should strive to purify ourselves during Great Lent not just through fasting and abstinence but also through a genuine change of heart.

The translation below is from the All-Night Vigil Sluzhebnik, printed with the Blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Laurus of Syracuse and Holy Trinity 1990.

O Lord and Master of my life,

A spirit of idleness, despondency, ambition,

and idle talking give me not.

Prostration.

But rather a spirit of chastity, humble-mindedness,

Patience, and love bestow upon me Thy servant.

Prostration.

Yea, O Lord King, grant me to see my own failings

And not condemn my brother;

for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages.

Prostration.

Then twelve bows from the waist, saying at each bow:

O God, cleanse me a sinner.

And again, without division, the same prayer entirely to the end,

And one prostration.

Sun 30 Mar 2025 02:28:58 PM EDT

Here is a link to an interesting video I watched this afternoon Bad Prayer can kill

Fri 28 Mar 2025 03:34:34 PM EDT

I am working an a script to publish my microblog from the commandline or vim.

Today I added the ability for the script to have multiple lines.

Wed 26 Mar 2025 04:03:31 PM EDT

I had a microblog several years ago on my Gemini Site. I thought I would do now on this site.