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

forgiveness of sin, absolution, blessing and purity, as effective
remedies for the wounds of sin.
• Then he asks for permanent protection for us from falling
into sin once more, this protection is the fear of God, as He
says, “Fill us with Your fear.”
• He asks that your journey in the world be towards God, and
not towards the world and its lusts, so he says, “Direct us to
Your good will.”
• Stand up, my repentant one, after bowing, feeling the
greatness of the gift of forgiveness, kiss the cross and the
priest’s hand, depart from this divine meeting amidst the
praising of the heavenly hosts, and the rejoicing of the saints.
• Go to your house in peace, thanking the Lord for His
numerous graces and mercies bestowed on you.
You might repeat the following Psalm 124:
“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel
now say – “If it had not been the Lord who was on your side,
when men rose up against us, then they would have swolled
us alive when their wrath was kindled against us; then the
waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have
gone over our soul, then the swollen waters would have gone
over our soul. Blessed be the Lord who has not given us prey
to their teeth, but our soul has escaped as a bird from the
snare of fowlers. The snare is broken and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord who name heaven and
earth.”
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