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

of Light St Mary, and the pure apostles, so that we may
be purified from iniquity, and the Holy Spirit may give us
peace.
• In the Absolution, we thank the Lord God of all mercy
and the Lord of all comfort, for raising us up for prayer
at this holy hour - the blessed hour in which the Holy
Spirit descended on the disciples - and we ask Him to
bestow on us the grace of His Holy Spirit to purify us
from the iniquities of the body and soul.
Sixth Hour Prayer
The church has instituted this prayer to commemorate the
crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered and died
for our salvation. We find in the psalms of the sixth hour
verses expressing the sufferings endured by our beloved Lord
Jesus Christ.
V “Save me oh God by Your name...For strangers have
risen up against me and oppressors have sought after
my life" (Psalm 53)
V "Whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue
a sharp sword" (Psalm 56)
V The cross was the throne for the Lord of Glory who
reigned, "The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty"
(Psalm 92)
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