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Lenten Hymns

by St Joseph the Hymnographer

Feast of St Joseph the Hymnographer
Anno Domini 2020, April 3

Vespers on Thursday Evening of the Great Canon

Nailed, O Lord, upon the Cross, with the divine spear Thou hast torn up the record of Adam’s sin. Tear, then, to pieces my bonds, O Word, that I may offer Thee with joy and faith a sacrifice of praise: for I have come now to the acceptable season of the Fast, which thou hast appointed for the salvation of all (Col. 2:14, 2 Cor. 6:2, Heb. 13:15).

Shining with the radiance of fasting, Moses once beheld the glory of God. Follow his example, O my humble soul, and with acts of abstinence and prayer serve Him who for thy sake stretched out His hands in love upon the Cross, granting thee a share in the divine gladness.

Canticle Eight for Matins on the Saturday of the Akathist Hymn

The Offspring of the Theotokos saved the holy Children in the furnace. He who was then prefigured has since been born on earth, and He gathers all the creation to sing: O all ye works of the Lord, praise ye the Lord and exalt Him above all forever.

Thou hast received the Word within thy womb, and thou hast carried Him who carries all things. Thou hast fed with milk Him who by His will alone feeds all the inhabited earth; and unto Him, pure Virgin, do we sing: O all ye works of the Lord, praise ye the Lord and exalt Him above all forever.

Moses perceived in the burning bush the great mystery of thy childbearing, O Virgin holy and inviolate; and the Children prefigured this most clearly as they stood in the midst of the fire and were not burnt. Therefore do we sing thy praises forever.

We who once through falsehood were stripped naked, have by thy childbearing been clothed in the robe of incorruption; and we who once sat in the darkness of transgression have seen the Light, O Maiden, dwelling-place of Light. Therefore do we sing thy praises forever.

Through thee the dead are brought to life, for thou hast born Him who is Himself the Life; the dumb are made to speak, lepers are cleansed, diseases are driven out; the hosts of the spirits of the air are conquered, O Virgin, the salvation of mortal men.

Thou hast born salvation for the world, O pure Virgin, and through thee we are raised from earth to heaven. Hail, All-Blessed, protection and defense, rampart and stronghold of those who sing: O all ye works of the Lord, praise ye the Lord and exalt Him above all for ever.

*From The Lenten Triodion , translated from original Greek by Mother Mary and Archimandrite Kallistos Ware

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