O Lord, do not deprive me of Your heavenly and earthly blessings. O Master, deliver me from eternal torment.
O Lord, forgive me all the sins I have committed against You, in word, in deed or in thought.
Forgive me and pardon me, O Lord; deliver me and rescue me from all distress, ignorance, forgetfulness, despondency,
negligence and insensitivity. O Lord, deliver me from every temptation and every fantasy, from all carelessness and abandonment.
Enlighten, O my Creator, my heart, which evil desire has darkened. O Lord, I have sinned as a man,
but You, as God, have mercy on me, my Creator. Look upon the weakness of my soul and send Your grace to help me,
that Your most holy name may be glorified in me, O Lord Jesus Christ.
Write the name of Your servant in the Book of Life and grant me a good end, O Lord my God.
I have never done anything good or right; yet may Your compassion one day have mercy on me.
O Lord, sprinkle into my heart the dew of Your grace, O God of heaven and earth.
Remember me, a sinner, ugly, wicked and unclean, according to Your great mercy,
when You come in Your Kingdom. Receive me, O Lord, in repentance and return,
and do not abandon me to shame. Lead me not into temptation, my God, my Saviour.
Grant me a good mind and good thoughts. Give me, O Lord, burning tears,
remembrance of death and compunction. Give me, O Lord, freedom from my thoughts and imaginings.
Give me, O Lord, humility and the cutting off of my own will, and grant me obedience.
Give me, O Lord, patience, long-suffering and gentleness. Plant in me, O Lord, the root of all good,
the fear of You. Make me worthy, O Lord, to love You with all my soul, all my mind, all my heart and all my strength,
and to do Your will in all things. Shelter me, my helper, from evil people,
from demons, from passions and from everything unseemly. Do
as You command, as You know, my God, as You will, my Saviour.
Let Your will be done, O Lord, not mine, through the intercessions and supplications of Your all-holy Mother
and of all Your saints, for You are blessed unto all ages.
Prayer of Saint John Chrysostom
