| PRAYERS BEFORE SLEEP Prayer of St. John of Damascus Orthodox Prayer Book |
(To be said pointing at the bed.)
O Lord, Lover of men, is this bed to be my coffin, or wilt Thou enlighten my
wretched soul with another day? Here the coffin lies before me, and here death
confronts me. I fear, O Lord, Thy Judgment and the endless torments, yet I cease
not to do evil. My Lord God, I continually anger Thee, and Thy immaculate Mother,
O Lord, Lover of men, is this bed to be my coffin, or wilt Thou enlighten my
wretched soul with another day? Here the coffin lies before me, and here death
confronts me. I fear, O Lord, Thy Judgment and the endless torments, yet I cease
not to do evil. My Lord God, I continually anger Thee, and Thy immaculate Mother,
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