Молитва 9-я, ко Пресвятой Богородице, св. Петра Студийского (†IХ)
A Cry for Deliverance from Sin
The petitioner confesses the cycle of repeated sin and the internal conflict between the desire for God's law and the weakness of the will.
Most pure Mother of God, I am wretched, yet I fall before you and pray: you know, O Queen, that I continually sin and provoke your Son and my God to anger; and although I repent again and again, I prove false before God. I repent trembling, wondering whether the Lord will strike me down—and then, before long, I do the very same things again. Knowing all this, my Lady and Sovereign, Mother of God, I beg you to have mercy on me, strengthen me, and enable me to do what is good. For you know, my Lady, Mother of God, that I utterly hate my evil deeds and love the law of my God with all my mind; yet I do not know, most pure Lady, why I also love the very things I hate and keep transgressing what is good.
Surrender to the Divine Will
The prayer shifts from confession to a petition for grace and the surrender of personal will to the will of God, concluding with a doxology.
Most pure Lady, do not allow my will to be done, for it is not pleasing; instead, let the will of your Son and my God be done. May he save me, give me understanding, and grant me the grace of the Holy Spirit, so that from this moment on I may cease my impure deeds and live the rest of my life according to the commandment of your Son. To him belong all glory, honor, and dominion, together with his eternal Father and his all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and always and forever and ever. Amen.
Read the original Latin
К Тебе́ Пречи́стей Бо́жией Ма́тери аз окая́нный припа́дая молю́ся: ве́си, Цари́це, я́ко безпреста́ни согреша́ю и прогневля́ю Сы́на Твоего́ и Бо́га моего́, и мно́гажды а́ще ка́юся, лож пред Бо́гом обрета́юся, и ка́юся трепе́ща: не уже́ли Госпо́дь порази́т мя, и по часе́ па́ки та́яжде творю́. Ве́дущи сия́, Влады́чице моя́ Госпоже́ Богоро́дице, молю́, да поми́луеши, да укрепи́ши, и блага́я твори́ти да пода́си ми. Ве́си бо, Влады́чице моя́ Богоро́дице, я́ко отню́д и́мам в не́нависти зла́я моя́ дела́, и все́ю мы́слию люблю́ зако́н Бо́га моего́; но не вем, Госпоже́ Пречи́стая, отку́ду я́же ненави́жду, та и люблю́, а блага́я преступа́ю. Не попуща́й, Пречи́стая, во́ли мое́й соверша́тися, не уго́дна бо есть, но да бу́дет во́ля Сы́на Твоего́ и Бо́га моего́: да мя спасе́т, и вразуми́т, и пода́ст благода́ть Свята́го Ду́ха, да бых аз отсе́ле преста́л скверноде́йства, и про́чее пожи́л бых в повеле́нии Сы́на Твоего́, Ему́же подоба́ет вся́кая сла́ва, честь и держа́ва, со Безнача́льным Его́ Отце́м, и Пресвяты́м и Благи́м и Животворя́щим Его́ Ду́хом, ны́не и при́сно, и во ве́ки веко́в. Ами́нь.
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