«...Иисус Наставник, помилуй нас!»
This is the name of my heart! But in the pleasant consciousness of this name I confess, like St. Solomonia, the mother of the holy martyrs
Maccabees, that I do not comprehend how the
and the living being grows, for I did not arrange the tender limbs of his body, nor did I animate him
Life. Thou, O Lord, hast bestowed existence and life
this tiny creature that announces its existence to me by its movement in me!
Make me a true Christian mother and vouchsafe the fate of those holy mothers who have acquired eternal salvation with those who are born
1 Jerom. Vladimir (Musatov). The Elder's Answers to the Questions of the Cell Disciple. Moscow Metochion of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, 2002.
children from them. And grant me like a mother
Samuel the Prophet, to assimilate by fasting and prayer
his mother's name. Cleanse me from all filth of sin, for I realize that as in sin I am
She herself was born, so in sin she conceived what she felt
I am a creature. Therefore, believing and confessing that
Thou alone, O Christ the Saviour, is sinless, I give myself over entirely to Thy paternal providence for me, and with all the strength of my soul I beseech
Thy goodness: complete Thy creation, which was conceived in me, and sustain it with Thy grace
grant my weakness in bearing this burden
I always have patience, but especially in the present
my condition! Knowing that, by definition,
of His all-holy righteousness, expressed in the face of
first mother to all wives, more are waiting for me
sickness of birth, I submit to this saint
determination with humility and complete devotion to Your will. But, Lord, strengthen my