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

Lord, are the God of those who repent, and in me You
will declare Your goodness; for unworthy as I am, You
will save me in Your great mercy, and I will praise You
continually all the days of my life.”
V A prayer of repentance from the Agbia - “My Lord
God and Saviour Jesus Christ, treasure of mercy and
spring of salvation, I come to You confessing my sins. I
confess that, insolently, I dared to defile Your Holy
Sanctuary with my sins. Now I seek Your mercy and
love, for Your mercies sake.” During the prayer, we
must contemplate on the following :
• The prayer for the departed is said during the evening
incense (specifically at sunset) to remind us that we shall
join the departed, so we need to be ready for that day;
• To ask the departed to pray for us that God will help us
complete our earthly struggle peacefully;
• To remember the resurrection as when the priest says,
"Raise up their bodies also, on the day which you have
appointed, according to Your true promises, which are
without lie." We believe that the resurrection will come
for us, as God will appear to recompense each one
according to their deeds.
After completing the litany, the priest proceeds around the
altar once, then proceeds around the church, raising incense
towards the gospels, icons, tabernacle and congregation.
The priest places his cross on each person blessing them
saying, ''The blessing of the incense be with us. Amen.''
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