First Fruits of Prayer by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Author:Frederica Mathewes-Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Published: 2022-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.

187. O miserable and wicked soul, imitate the righteous and pure mind of Joseph; and do not live in wantonness, sinfully indulging thy disordered desires.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.

188. Once Joseph was cast into a pit, O Lord and Master, as a figure of Thy burial and resurrection. But what offering such as this shall I ever make to Thee?

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.

189. Thou hast heard, my soul, of the basket of Moses: how he was borne on the waves of the river as if in a shrine; and so he avoided the bitter execution of Pharaoh’s decree.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.

190. Thou hast heard, wretched soul, of the midwives who once killed in its infancy the manly action of self-control: like great Moses, then, be suckled on wisdom.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.

191. O miserable soul, thou hast not struck and killed the Egyptian mind, as did Moses the great. Tell me, then, how wilt thou go to dwell through repentance in the wilderness empty of passions?

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.

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