A juxtaposition of texture and light - two of my favorite things.O Lord and Master of my life!
Take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power and idle talk.
But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant.
Yea, O Lord and King!
Grant me to see my own transgressions and not to judge my brother;
for Blessed art Thou, unto ages of ages. Amen.
- St. Ephrem the Syrian
Father Alexander Schmemann expounds on the prayer here, in a powerfully dense exhortation. Its power lies not in the beauty of the prose but in its challenge to change.
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