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Saint Basil the Great gives us several insights on prayer. He was a man of prayer par excellence. Everything he did he did out of prayer. Even though he was an active public figure he was also grounded in monastic practices of silence and prayer. He is even credited with establishing the monastic rules which are followed to this day.
Jan 2, 2019 · Basil spent much of his time in prayer and related his insights to the monks under his care. In particular, Basil explained in his writings when a monk should pray. When you sit down to eat,...
Prayer of Saint Basil | A Pen and a Prayer. We bless you, O God, most high and Lord of mercy. You are always doing great and inscrutable things with us, glorious and wonderful, and without number. You grant us sleep for rest from our infirmities, and repose from the burdens of our much toiling flesh.
A Prayer of St Basil. O God and Lord of the Powers, and Maker of all creation, Who, because of Thy clemency and incomparable mercy, didst send Thine Only-Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind, and with His venerable Cross didst tear asunder the record of our sins, and thereby didst conquer the rulers and powers of ...
A Prayer of St. Basil the Great. O God and Lord of the Powers, and Maker of all creation, Who, because of Thy clemency and incomparable mercy, didst send Thine Only-Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind, and with His venerable Cross didst tear asunder the record of our sins, and thereby didst conquer the rulers and ...
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Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated on the day of the feast, and the Litur-gy of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated on the eve. The Prayer for the Catechumens (See page 54) Priest: O Lord our God, who dwell in the heavens and observe all your works: Look down on your serv-ants the catechumens, who have bowed their heads be-fore You.
This Liturgy of St. Basil the Great that is served every Sunday during Lent and on Great Thursday and Great Saturday has this long eucharistic prayer, and this long eucharistic prayer, it seems to me, is quite clearly intended to be not only a prayer but to be a prayerful catechetical contemplation.
