Monday
MONDAY MATINS
(After the 1st reading of the Psalter):
SESSIONAL HYMN (of repentance)
I WILL BE CONVICTED AT THE DREAD JUDGMENT WITHOUT ACCUSERS,
AND CONDEMNED WITHOUT WITNESSES;
FOR THE BOOK OF MY CONSCIENCE WILL BE OPENED
AND MY HIDDEN WORKS REVEALED!
O GOD, BEFORE YOU EXAMINE MY ACTIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL CREATION,//
BE MERCIFUL TO ME AND SAVE ME!
Verse: Lord, rebuke me not in Your anger!
HOW LONG, MY SOUL, WILL YOU CONTINUE IN SIN?
HOW LONG WILL YOU DELAY REPENTANCE?
CALL TO MIND THE COMING JUDGMENT AND CRY TO THE LORD://
I HAVE SINNED, SINLESS LORD, SAVE ME!
GNE...(Theotokion)
EACH ONE TURNS TO THE PLACE WHERE HE CAN FIND SALVATION,
AND FOR GOOD REASON!
WHAT OTHER REFUGE DO WE HAVE LIKE YOU, THEOTOKOS,//
THE PROTECTION OF OUR SOULS!