CANON
To our Lord Jesus Christ. Tone 2
Song 1.
Eirmos: In the deep of old the infinite Power overwhelmed Pharaoh’s
whole army. But the Incarnate Word annihilated pernicious sin. Exceedingly
glorious is the Lord, for gloriously has He been glorified.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
Sweetest Jesus
Christ, longsuffering Jesus, heal the wounds of my soul, Jesus, and make sweet
my heart, O Most Merciful One, I ask Thee, Jesus my Savior, that being saved by
Thee, I may glorify Thee.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Sweetest Jesus
Christ, Jesus, open to me the door of repentance, O Jesus, Lover of men, and
accept me as I throw myself at Thy feet, Jesus, my Savior, and fervently
implore the forgiveness of my sins.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Sweetest Jesus
Christ, Jesus, snatch me from the hand of deceitful Satan, O Jesus, and make me
stand on the Right of Thy glory, O Jesus my Savior; from the Left deliver me.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O Lady who bore Jesus our God, pray for us worthless
slaves, that by thy prayers, O immaculate one, we who are defiled may be
delivered from torment, O spotless one, and enjoy everlasting glory.
Song 3.
Eirmos: By establishing me on the rock of faith, Thou hast
given me power over my enemies, and my spirit rejoices when I sing: There is
none holy as our God and none righteous but Thee, O Lord.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
O my Jesus, Lover of
men, hear Thy slave calling with compunction; and deliver me, Jesus, from
condemnation and punishment, O only Patient One, sweetest and most merciful
Jesus.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Receive Thy slave, O
my Jesus, who prostrates himself with tears, my Jesus, and deliver me, O Lord,
from hell, sweetest and most merciful Jesus.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O my Jesus, the time
Thou gavest me I have squandered in passions, O my Jesus. Reject me not, O my
Jesus, but call me, I pray, O Lord, O Sweetest Jesus, and save me!
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O Virgin who gavest birth to my Jesus, implore Him to
save me from hell. Thou art the only patroness of the afflicted, O thou who art
full of divine grace. And make me worthy of the life that is free from old age,
O all-innocent one.
Lord, have mercy (thrice).
Glory to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Sedalion (Sitting hymn): O Jesus my Savior, Thou didst save
the prodigal. Jesus my Savior, Thou didst accept the harlot. And now have mercy
on me, most merciful Jesus; have compassion and save me, O Jesus my Benefactor,
as Thou hadst compassion on Manasseh, my Jesus, only Lover of men.
Glory to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Theotokion: Having thy intercession, O most pure one, aid
delivered by thy prayers, and protected by the Cross of thy Son, we duly
devoutly magnify thee.
Song 4.
Eirmos: From a virgin didst Thou come, not as an ambassador, nor
as an Angel, but the very Lord Himself incarnate, and didst save me, the whole
man. Therefore I cry to Thee: Glory to Thy Power, O Lord.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
O my Jesus, heal the
wounds of my soul, my Jesus, I pray, and snatch me from the hand of
soul-corrupting Satan, my gracious Jesus, and save me.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O my sweetest Jesus,
I have sinned. My compassionate Jesus, save me who run to Thy protection, and
make me worthy of Thy Kingdom, O most patient Jesus.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
No one has sinned as
I have sinned, O my Jesus, wretched as I am; but now I bow down and pray: Save
me, O my Jesus, and bequeath me, my Jesus, life.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O all-hymned Virgin who bore the Lord Jesus, implore
Him to deliver from torment all who sing to thee and call thee supremely Mother
of God.
Song 5.
Eirmos: O Thou Who art the Light of those lying in darkness,
and the salvation of the hopeless, O Christ my Savior, I rise early to pray to Thee,
O King of Peace. Enlighten me with Thy radiance, for I know no other God than
Thee.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
O my Jesus, Thou art
the light of my mind and the salvation of my despairing soul, my Jesus, my Savior!
Deliver me who cry to Thee, from torment and hell. Save me, O Christ, my Jesus,
wretched as I am.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Completely cast down
to shameful passions, my Jesus, I now cry: Stretch down to me, my Jesus, a
helping hand, and pluck me out as I cry: save me, O Christ, my Jesus, wretched
as I am.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Carrying about a
mind defiled, I call to Thee, O Jesus: cleanse me from the dirt of sin, and
redeem me who slipped down to the depths of vice through ignorance, and save
me, O Savior, my Jesus, I pray.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O Maiden Mother of God who bore Jesus, implore Him to
save all Orthodox monks and people, and to deliver from hell those who cry: We
know no stronger intercession than thine.
Song 6.
Eirmos : Whirled about in the abyss of sin, I appeal to the
unfathomable abyss of Thy compassion: Raise me up from corruption, O God.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
O most merciful Christ, my Jesus, accept me who confess my sins, O Lord, and
save me, O Jesus, and snatch me, O Jesus, from corruption.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O my Jesus, no one
else has been so dissolute as I, wretched as I am, O Jesus Lover of men, but
save me, O Jesus.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O my Jesus, I have surpassed
with my passions the harlot and the prodigal, Manasseh and the publican, O my
Jesus, and the robber and the Ninevites, O Jesus.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O thou who conceivedst my Jesus Christ, O only
undefiled and immaculate Virgin, cleanse me defiled as I am, even now by hyssop
of thy prayers.
Lord have mercy (thrice).
Glory to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Kontakion: Sweetest Jesus, Light of the world, enlighten the
eyes of my soul, O Son of God, with the divine vision of Thy splendor, that I
may praise Thee, the unwaning Light.
Song 7.
Eirmos: When the golden idol was worshipped in the plain of
Dura, Thy three children despised the godless order. Thrown into the fire, they
were bedewed and sang: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers. Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
O Christ Jesus, no
one on earth has ever sinned as I have sinned, 0 my Jesus, wretched and
dissolute as I am. But I cry to Thee, my Jesus, have compassion on me as I
sing: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O Christ Jesus, nail
me down with the fear of Thee, I pray, O my Jesus, and guide me to Thy calm
haven, O my compassionate Jesus, that saved by Thee I may sing to Thee: Blessed
art Thou, O God of our fathers.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O Christ Jesus, ten
thousand times I promised Thee repentance, my Jesus, but wretch that I am, I
deceived Thee. Therefore I cry to Thee, my Jesus: Enlighten my still unfeeling
soul, O Christ, who art the God of our fathers.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O thou who gavest birth to Jesus Christ wondrously
and above nature, O all - innocent one, implore Him, O Maiden, to forgive me
all the sins that I have committed against my nature, that saved I may cry:
Blessed art thou who didst conceive God in the flesh.
Song 8.
Eirmos: Sing of the acts of God Who descended into the fiery
furnace with the Hebrew children and changed the flame into dew, and exalt Him
as Lord throughout all ages.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
I implore Thee, O my
Jesus: as Thou didst redeem the harlot from many sins, likewise redeem me, O
Christ my Jesus, and cleanse my foul soul, O my Jesus.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O Jesus, having
yielded to dumb and irrational pleasures, I have become dumb and irrational, O
my Jesus, and wretch that I am, I have truly become pitifully like the animals,
O Savior. Therefore, O Jesus, deliver me from dumbness and animality.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
O Jesus, I fell into
the hands of soul-corrupting thieves who have now stripped me of my divinely
woven garment, O my Jesus, and I am lying all bruised and wounded. O my Christ,
pour on me oil and wine.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O Mary, Mother of God, who ineffably bore the Christ,
my Jesus and God, implore Him always to save from dangers thy servants and thy
singers, O chaste Virgin!
Song 9.
Eirmos: God the Word, God of God, Who by ineffable wisdom came
to create Adam anew after his grievous fall to corruption through eating and
Who took flesh beyond all telling from the Holy Virgin for our sake - Him we
faithful with one accord magnify in song.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Troparia:
I have surpassed, O my Jesus, Manasseh and the publican, the harlot and the
prodigal, O compassionate Jesus, and the robber, O my Jesus, through all my
shameful and perverse deeds, O Jesus, but outwit me, my Jesus, and save me!
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
My Jesus, I have outdone
by my pitiful passions, wretched as I am, all Who have sinned from Adam, O
Jesus, before the Law and in the Law, my Jesus, and after the Law and Grace;
but save me by Thy judgments, my Jesus.
Sweetest Jesus,
save us.
Let me not be
divorced from Thy ineffable glory, my Jesus, and let me not be assigned to the
Left Hand, sweetest Jesus; but set me on the Right Hand with Thy sheep and give
me rest, O Christ my Jesus, in Thy divine compassion.
Most Holy Mother
of God save us.
Theotokion: O Mother of God who bore Jesus, only Immaculate
Virgin Mary, invoke Him, O pure one, as thy Son and Creator, to deliver all who
resort to thee from temptations, dangers and future fire.
Exapostelarion: O Jesus, Giver of Wisdom and Understanding, Feeder of
beggars, Protector of Orphans, Healer of the sick, heal and illumine my heart,
O Jesus, covered with the wounds of sin and corruption of passions, and save
me. O Jesus!
Glory to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Theotokion: Enlighten my mind and transfigure my heart, O Virgin,
with the radiance of the Light which shone through thee, dispelling the
darkness of sin and dissolving the gloom of my indolence.
Prayer to Jesus Christ.
O Lord and Master,
Jesus Christ, my God, through Thy ineffable love for men Thou wast wrapped in
flesh, at the end of the ages, from the Ever Virgin Mary. We glorify Thy saving
providence and care for us, Thy servants, O Lord. We praise Thee through Whom
we have learned to know the Father. We bless Thee through Whom the Holy Spirit
came into the world. We bow to Thy most Holy Mother who served for the dread
mystery of Thy Incarnation. We praise the Angelic Choir as the servants and
singers of Thy Majesty. We beatify Saint John the Forerunner who baptized Thee,
O Lord. We honor also the Prophets who announced Thee. We glorify Thy Holy
Apostles. We celebrate the Martyrs. We praise Thy Priests. We venerate Thy
Saints and sing to all the Just. We, Thy servants, offer to Thee, our all-generous
God, this countless and unutterable Divine Choir as intercessors, and pray:
Grant us the forgiveness of our sins for the sake of all Thy Saints, but
especially for the sake of Thy holy generosity, for Thou art blessed for ever.
Amen.