Seventh Morning Prayer

We bless Thee, most high God and Lord of mercies,
Who ever doest great and unfathomable things for us—
glorious and awesome things without number.
Thou givest us sleep for the repose of our frailty,
relieving the labors of our over-burdened flesh.
We thank Thee for not destroying us in our lawlessness.
Instead, Thou hast shown Thy usual love for mankind,
and raised us, as we lay in despair, to glorify Thy Reign.
Therefore, we implore Thy boundless goodness:
enlighten our thoughts and eyes,
and awaken our minds from the heavy sleep of laziness.
Open our lips and fill them with Thy praise,
that we may unwaveringly hymn and confess Thee,
the God glorified in all and by all,
Father without beginning,
with Thine only-begotten Son and Thine all-holy, and life-giving Spirit,
now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.




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        Saint Basil the Great