Deprecatio

Prayer of Saint John Chrysostom. The good and philanthropic God, have mercy on us. The one rich in mercy and good in compassion, have mercy on us. The perfect and immortal mind, have mercy on us. The sleepless and incomprehensible eye, have mercy on us. The Lord and God born before the morning star, have mercy on us. The creator and maker of all beings, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. The one who nourished the soul and the body by the will of the Father, have mercy on us. The one who formed the distinct matter and established the cosmos, have mercy on us. The one who stretched out the heaven and adorned it with stars, have mercy on us. The one who founded the earth and adorned it with green and beautiful flowers, have mercy on us. The one who enclosed the abysses and walled the sea by your command, have mercy on us. The one who made four-footed animals, reptiles, and winged birds, have mercy on us. The one who made the sea monsters and commanded the fish, have mercy on us. The one who founded rocks in the waters and raised mountains and hills in the heights, have mercy on us. The one who founded the sun and the moon, the sole maker of all and Lord, have mercy on us. The one who fashioned man with his own hands and commanded him to rule over all these, have mercy on us. The one who set seasons, times, months, and measures of days and nights, have mercy on us. The all-saving cause and charioteer of all, have mercy on us. The one who rebukes the winds and shakes the earth with a nod, have mercy on us. The one who stored up fire and ice, have mercy on us. The one who waters the earth with rain, causes springs to gush forth, and regulates rivers, have mercy on us. The one who wears down mountains and hills, the one who calms the raging sea, have mercy on us. The one who weighed all things in the balance of a moment, have mercy on us.

The one who established beings from non-beings by the will of the Father, only creator, have mercy on us. The one who crushed the devil and handed him over to the darkness of Tartarean chains, have mercy on us. The one who, because of his pride, cast him out from the heavenly shields and utterly annihilated him, have mercy on us. The one who subdued the cunning of the serpent, have mercy on us. The one who sympathized with Adam according to your ineffable love for humanity, have mercy on us. The one who struggled with Abel and guided Noah, have mercy on us. The one who led Abraham and through him granted us patriarchs, have mercy on us. The one who was bound with Isaac and sojourned with Jacob, have mercy on us. The one who acted with Joseph and campaigned with Moses, have mercy on us. The one who gave laws to Israel and granted it an inheritance, have mercy on us. The one who was incarnate from a virgin as you yourself willed, have mercy on us. The one who was born a man in Bethlehem from the virgin and after birth kept the virgin undefiled, have mercy on us. The one who received swaddling clothes in a manger and was laid down and was recognized by irrational beings as Lord and God, have mercy on us. The one who was hymned by angels and glorified on earth and recognized by shepherds, have mercy on us. The one who was announced by a star and worshiped by magi, have mercy on us. The one who fled from Herod into Egypt and shook the hand-made idols of Egypt by your presence, have mercy on us. The one who dwelt in Nazareth and paid taxes, because you willed to be subject to this, have mercy on us. The one who was proclaimed beforehand by John and was baptized by him in the Jordan, have mercy on us. The one who was witnessed to by the pure father and who sent the Holy Spirit upon you, have mercy on us. The one who revealed to us the mystery of the holy and consubstantial Trinity, have mercy on us.

The one who was tempted in the desert and found to be Lord and God and rebuked the devil, have mercy on us. The one who was presented in the temple and embraced by Symeon, have mercy on us. The one who was seen in the temple and disbelieved by the people, have mercy on us. The one who healed the lame and cleansed the lepers, have mercy on us. The one who gave light to the blind and raised the dead, have mercy on us. The one who endured toil and healed the paralytic by a word, have mercy on us. The one who endured thirst and changed water into wine, have mercy on us. The one who wept for Lazarus and raised him dead on the fourth day, have mercy on us. The one who gathered the apostles and declared them heirs of the kingdoms of heaven, have mercy on us. The one who was seized by Jews and handed over by high priests, have mercy on us. The one who was brought before Herod and examined by Pilate, have mercy on us. The one who was nailed in the flesh to the cross and hung on that wood, have mercy on us. The one who proclaimed the good news to those in Hades and rose from the dead in your three-day resurrection, have mercy on us. The one who revealed the mystery of your resurrection to the women and gave joy to the disciples, have mercy on us. The one who assured the apostles through the signs of the nails and the side, have mercy on us. The one who lived together with the disciples for forty days and was taken up into the heavens, have mercy on us. The one who sits at the right hand of the Father and comes again to judge the living and the dead, have mercy on us. The one who is the charioteer of the cherubim and rides upon the seraphim, have mercy on us. The one who is the commander-in-chief of the angels and king of the ages, have mercy on us. The resurrection of the dead and salvation of the perishing, have mercy on us. The sun of righteousness and the life of men, have mercy on us.

Guide of the wandering and refuge of the despairing, have mercy on us. The good shepherd of the sheep and bridegroom of the church, have mercy on us. God from God, true God from true God, only-begotten son of the Father, Lord Jesus Christ, the savior who was crucified in the flesh for us, have mercy on us.