Prayer of Repentance of St. Mary of Egypt While Standing in Front of the Icon of the Theotokos at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
Prayer of Repentance of St. Mary of Egypt While Standing in Front of the Icon of the Theotokos at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
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“O Lady, Mother of God, who gave birth in the flesh to God the Word, I know, O how well I know, that it is no honour or praise to thee when one so impure and depraved as I look up to thy icon, O ever-virgin, who didst keep thy body and soul in purity. Rightly do I inspire hatred and disgust before thy virginal purity. But I have heard that God Who was born of thee became man on purpose to call sinners to repentance. Then help me, for I have no other help. Order the entrance of the church to be opened to me. Allow me to see the venerable Tree on which He Who was born of thee suffered in the flesh and on which He shed His holy Blood for the redemption of sinners an for me, unworthy as I am. Be my faithful witness before thy son that I will never again defile my body by the impurity of fornication, but as soon as I have seen the Tree of the Cross I will renounce the world and its temptations and will go wherever thou wilt lead me.”
But how little defiled she is, compared to the people who vote for, or do nothing against, the greedy, thieving, mass murderous Synagogue of Satan, aiming their sniper fire on innocent children and defenseless women.
St. Mary of Egypt is special for those of us, male and female, who have struggled with sexual promiscuity and feel remorseful.