Saint
Quote of the Day: Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of
Nazianzen
O
God and Lord of the Powers, and Maker of all creation, Who, because
of Thy clemency and incomparable mercy, didst send Thine
Only-Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of
mankind, and with His venerable Cross didst tear asunder the record
of our sins, and thereby didst conquer the rulers and powers of
darkness; receive from us sinful people, O merciful Master, these
prayers of gratitude and supplication, and deliver us from every
destructive and gloomy transgression, and from all visible and
invisible enemies who seek to injure us. Nail down our flesh with
fear of Thee, and let not our hearts be inclined to words or thoughts
of evil, but pierce our souls with Thy love, that ever contemplating
Thee, being enlightened by Thee, and discerning Thee, the
unapproachable and everlasting Light, we may unceasingly render
confession and gratitude to Thee: The eternal Father, with Thine
Only-Begotten Son, and with Thine All-Holy, Gracious, and Life-Giving
Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
--
Saint Basil the Great from a
prayer by him
O
All-Transcendent God (and what other name could describe you?), what
words can hymn your praises? No word does you justice. What mind can
probe your secret? No mind can encompass you. You are alone beyond
the power of speech, yet all that we speak stems from you. You are
alone beyond the power of thought, yet all that we can conceive
springs from you. All things proclaim you, those endowed with reason
and those bereft of it. All the expectation and pain of the world
coalesces in you. All things utter a prayer to you, a silent hymn
composed by you. You sustain everything that exists, and all things
move together to your orders. You are the goal of all that exists.
You are one and you are all, yet you are none of the things that
exist - neither a part nor the whole. You can avail yourself of any
name; how shall I call you, the only unnameable? All-transcendent
God! Amen.
--
Saint Gregory of Nazianzen from
a prayer by him
