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The Office of Kneeling - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

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26 THIRD KNEELING<br />

who worship Him ought to worship Him in spirit and in truth.<br />

Wherefore, let us pray, crying out and saying: “O Spirit the<br />

Paraclete inflame our mind and our heart that we may say in a<br />

manner befitting God: ‘Glory be to the Father and to the Son and<br />

to the Holy Spirit, the Co-Essential Trinity.’ ”<br />

Pray to the Lord on our behalf, our lords and fathers the<br />

Apostles…<br />

<strong>The</strong>n they say the Gospel Response in the Batos tune:<br />

<strong>The</strong> soul <strong>of</strong> the Samaritan woman<br />

Who found the water <strong>of</strong> life<br />

Blessed <strong>The</strong>e, that in <strong>The</strong>e<br />

Lay the spring <strong>of</strong> the water <strong>of</strong> life.<br />

Let us worship our Saviour,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Good Lover <strong>of</strong> mankind,<br />

For He had compassion on us:<br />

He came and saved us.<br />

<strong>The</strong> priest then says the Long Prayers for Peace and the<br />

Fathers followed by these prayers:<br />

PRIEST:<br />

Remember, O Lord, all those who have bidden us to<br />

remember them.<br />

DEACON:<br />

Pray for those who have bidden us to remember them, in our<br />

supplications and prayers, each one according to his name, that<br />

Christ our God may remember them in goodness at all times, and<br />

forgive us our sins.<br />

PRIEST:<br />

In our prayers and supplications which we <strong>of</strong>fer up unto <strong>The</strong>e,

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