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Armenian Prayer of Guidance
Guide us, O Lord our God,
and teach us to walk in thy paths of righteousness.
Keep our lives in peace, and our ways pleasing in thy sight.
Guide thy servants on their earthly and heavenly course
along thy paths of purity unto thine only-begotten Son,
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who became our Prince of life and the hope of our salvation,
with whom thou art blessed, O Father Almighty,
together with thy life-giving and liberating Holy Spirit,
now and for ever, world without end. X Amen.
Some prayers require little more commentary than to note that they have an exquisite structure. This is one of them—a beautifully balanced prayer of simple devotion and elegant phrasing.
Richard Marsh, ed., Prayers from the East: Traditions of Eastern Christianity (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004), 9.
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Prayer of repentance
O God,
the lover of those who are unblemished and upright, grant us perfection in our hearts.
Remove from us all evil and malicious thoughts.
O Lord, open to us your merciful door, as you did to the thief.
Accept our repentance as you accepted the penance of the tax-collector and the sinful woman.
O Lord, you are merciful and pleased with those who turn to you in repentance,
as you graciously pardoned Peter who came to you after he had denied you.
Lord, cleanse us from our sins and follies.
O Lord! We, the sinful, grieve about your dispassionate last judgement.
When the great books of account are opened and our sins are read, let your grace strengthen us and let your mercy help us.
Let our sins be pardoned.
O Lord! We acknowledge our sins, have mercy on us.
Richard Marsh, ed., Prayers from the East: Traditions of Eastern Christianity (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004), 109.
