How to Benefit from the Holy Liturgy - Pope Kirillos Scientific Family

ourselves together, as is the manner of some"
(Hebrews 10:25);
• Lord have mercy on us and let the door of Your Church
open before our faces until the end of ages;
• Lord have mercy on us by blessing this assembly and
making it a reason of blessing and salvation to all the
attendants who hear Your word, who pray and supplicate
unto You in Your holy house, Your dwelling place
forever.
So my beloved, when you partake in prayers with the
congregation saying, "Lord have mercy," as previously
explained, your prayers rise like incense before God,
requesting the abundant divine mercy of God.
You may pray inaudibly with the deacon's response, and
audibly with the congregation to conclude your prayers. For
example, when the deacon says, "Pray for the peace of the
one holy, universal and apostolic Orthodox Church of
God," you may pray inaudibly, "Lord have mercy on the
Church from internal divisions or external persecutions or
from worldly spirits and evil currents," then when the
congregation respond, "Lord have mercy," everybody asks
God to have mercy on the Church and her congregation.
Do this with the rest of the prayers, so your prayers become
focused and fervent, and not monotonous.
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