Anger is one of the deadly sins. He is able to overcome both laymen and monastics; it is difficult to fight this passion. As Paisius Svyatogorets said, now such times have come that even flies are irritated - not only people. To overcome passion, prayer is needed against anger and irritation.
Is anger good?
According to St. Paisius the Holy Mountaineer, anger is the strength of the soul. It helps a meek person in spiritual perfection, and for an angry person, the benefit of such a trait is great when it is directed against one's own passions. The fact is that anger is led by the unclean, as a rule, because a person uses this property of character in order to discharge himself on his neighbor.
Why do we get angry and annoyed?
Wishing to overcome passion, a person begins to wonder: is there a strong prayer from anger and irritation? Many people think that the texts of prayers are like a magic wand - it is worth reading and you will immediately get rid of passion.
Alas, this is an erroneous opinion, it takes a long time to fight angertime. Passion is like a shrub with strong roots, it may look stunted, but it is not possible to tear it out of the ground, you have to carefully cut and then uproot the roots.
A person can get irritated when tired, frustrated or besieged by their own problems. There is, as they say in modern language, an exit from the comfort zone, the individual loses peace with himself.
Often people look for prayer from anger and irritation, considering it a source of healing. It is such, coupled with work on oneself, the ability to restrain oneself in relations with others and be angry with oneself. We get irritated with our neighbors, often consider them guilty of certain misdeeds that have brought us out of spiritual balance. But it is worth taking a closer look and it becomes clear: at the heart of each such misconduct lies our fault. The ability to soberly respond to a conflict situation will help you look at it from a different angle, reproaching yourself for what happened instead of your loved one.
How to refrain from anger?
Before looking for prayer from pride, anger and irritation, it is worth considering ways to abstain from these passions.
The phrase "I got water in my mouth" is familiar to many, because there is such a type of people. It is impossible to swear with them, everything said is ignored, the person sits and pretends not to hear anything, preferring to remain silent. It is advisable to remember this method when there is a desire to quarrel with your neighbor, to tell him everything that is on his mind and boiled up.
Reverend Paisios the Holy Mountaineer told about a woman who firstread "The Symbol of Faith", and then only opened her mouth, wanting to speak unflatteringly about someone. As a rule, things did not come to this, because after reading the prayer, the lady cooled down. It is worth taking the method into service, the text of the prayer from anger and irritation, which the "Symbol of Faith" acts in this case, is presented below.
I believe in one God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, Whom all was. For the sake of us, for the sake of man and for our salvation, who descended from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin and became human. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. And resurrected on the third day according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And the packs of the future with glory to judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son we worship and glorify, who spoke the prophets. Into one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.
Problems at work
Let's leave the reasoning that people spend most of their time at work. This is already known to everyone, another question is the team and management. There are such caseswhen a person hates his job because of the situation in the team. Gossip, omissions, regular gossip - this is the most terrible thing you often encounter.
Worse only is inadequate leadership in large numbers. Constant discontent, calls to the carpet, reprimands and humiliation - it's time to quit or look for prayers from the anger and irritation of the authorities.
Anger and irritability are spiritual ailments. For the healing of mental and spiritual ailments, they pray to King David, the psalmist. The most common prayer is known to many:
Lord, remember King David and all his meekness.
When going to the next carpet, it will not be superfluous to read it mentally, standing in front of the door leading to the boss's office.
Prayers to the holy king David - the psalmist
The above prayer from the anger and irritation of the boss is one of the few that are read for spiritual and mental ailments. The texts of the rest are as follows:
Oh, praiseworthy and wonderful prophet of God David! Hear us, sinners and indecent ones, at this hour standing before your holy icon and diligently resorting to your intercession. Pray for us the Lover of God, may he give us the spirit of repentance and contrition for our sins, and with His all-powerful grace, may he help us to leave the path of wickedness, be in time in every good deed, and strengthen us in the struggle with our passions and lusts; may the spirit of humility and meekness, the spirit of brotherly love and gentleness, the spirit of patience and chastity, the spirit of zeal for glory, plant in our heartsGod and the salvation of others. Abolish with your prayers, prophet, the evil customs of the world, moreover, the pernicious and corrupting spirit of this age, infecting the Christian race with disrespect for the Divine Orthodox faith, for the statutes of the holy Church and for the commandments of the Lord, disrespect for parents and those in power, and overthrowing people into the abyss of wickedness, corruption and destruction. Turn away from us, wonderful prophet, by your intercession the righteous wrath of God, and deliver all the cities and towns of our kingdom from lack of rain and famine, from terrible storms and earthquakes, from deadly ulcers and diseases, from the invasion of enemies and internecine strife. Strengthen Orthodox people with your prayers, help them in all good deeds and undertakings to establish peace and truth in their state. Help the All-Russian Christ-loving army in the battle with our enemies. Ask, prophet of God, from the Lord our shepherd, holy zeal for God, heartfelt care for the salvation of the flock, wisdom in teaching and management, piety and strength in temptations, ask the judges impartiality and selflessness, righteousness and compassion for the offended, all those in charge, care for subordinates, mercy and justice, but to subordinates humility and obedience to the authorities and diligent performance of their duties; yes, having lived in peace and piety in this world, let us be vouchsafed to partake of eternal blessings in the Kingdom of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, He is worthy of honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion 1:
God bless, Joseph, miracles to David the Godfather: You saw the Virginwho gave birth, from the shepherds praised thou, from the sorcerers bowed thou, an angel received the message. Pray to Christ God to save our souls.
Troparion 2:
Your Prophet David, Lord, the memory is celebrating, so we pray to You: save our souls.
First kontakion:
Funness today David is filled with Divine, Joseph brings praise with Jacob: they have received the crown by the kinship of Christ, they rejoice, and inexpressibly on the earth they sing the Newborn, and cry out: "Generous, save thee who honor you."
Kontakion second:
Your pure heart, enlightened by the Spirit, prophecies be the brightest friend: see it as if it were real far away: for this sake we honor, blessed prophet, glorious David.
If the child is annoying
Even the longest parental patience comes to an end. There are no people among people who have not been angry with their child at least once, the reasons for irritation can be varied: their own fatigue, the child’s bad behavior or a low school grade.
Sometimes there is a desire not only to scold the offspring, but also to spank, so that another time it would not be habitual to behave badly. People who are not leading the church life can do this, believing parents will force themselves to restrain themselves.
Is there a prayer from anger and irritation with a child? There is no specific one, but you can use the texts of the prayers to King David indicated above, read the "Symbol of Faith" or make the Jesus Prayer. It is the shortest of all listed.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,have mercy on me, a sinner/sinner.
Prayer to the Mother of God
The Mother of God is our merciful intercessor before God, the Orthodox turn to Her with their troubles and problems, asking for protection and help. Anger is a spiritual problem that can only be resolved through prayer and self-improvement.
There is an image of the Mother of God, called "Softener of evil hearts", those who are in a state of heart malice pray before it. Anger is not yet malice, but it is no longer irritability. So that the state of anger does not turn into anger, it is necessary to see this passion in yourself in time, start fighting it and read a prayer from anger and irritation to the Mother of God.
You can buy an akathist "Softener of Evil Hearts", take a blessing to read it from a confessor or priest, to whom you go to confession. For people who rarely attend church and do not have a spiritual mentor, we publish a prayer, troparion and kontakion from the indicated akathist:
Prayer: O long-suffering Mother of God, Exceeding all the daughters of the earth, according to Your purity and the multitude of sufferings You have transferred to the lands, accept our painful sighs and save us under the shelter of Your mercy. We don’t know any other refuge and warm intercession for You, but, as if you have boldness to the One born from You, help and save us with Your prayers, so that we unstumblingly reach the Kingdom of Heaven, even with all the saints we will sing in the Trinity to the one God now and forever, and till the end of time. Amen.
Kontakion:
To the Chosen Virgin Mary, the highest of all the daughters of the earth, the Mother of the Son of God, who gave Him the salvation of the world, we call with tenderness: look at our many-sorrowful life, remember the sorrows and illnesses, which you suffered, as our earthly one, and create with us according to your mercy, let us call you: Rejoice, much-sorrowful Mother of God, transforming our sorrow into joy.
Troparion:
Soften our evil hearts, Mother of God, and quench the misfortunes of those who hate us, and resolve all the narrowness of our soul. Looking at Your holy image, we are moved by Your suffering and mercy for us and kiss Your wounds, but our arrows, which torment You, are horrified. Do not give us, merciful Mother, in our hardness of heart and from the hardness of our neighbors perish, You are truly evil hearts Softening.
Prayer of Abba Dorotheus
An ascetic who lived in the 6th century left us a prayer from anger and irritation, read at moments of internal struggle and discord with oneself:
God is merciful and philanthropic! By Thy unspeakable goodness, having created us from nothing, for the enjoyment of Thy blessings, and by the blood of Thy Only Begotten Son, our Savior, calling us who have departed from Thy commandments! Come now, help our infirmities, and just as You once forbade the troubled sea, so now forbid the revolt of our hearts, so that You do not lose us both in one hour, Your children, mortified by sin, and so that you do not say to us: “what good is My blood, always descend into destruction, "and:" Amen I say to you, we do not know you, "because our lamps went out for lack of oil. Amen.
Prayer forproudly
Anger, irritability and pride are links in the same chain. Why do people get annoyed at a fair remark? And if you criticize your neighbor a little, he falls into a state of anger. It is one thing - unfair and sarcastic criticism, quite another - adequate when a person is trying to help. He takes such attempts with hostility, reacting to them with anger and irritation.
The fact is that there is an infringement of one's own "I", criticism and comments hit such a feeling as pride. One of the main passions that takes many years, if not the whole life, to fight.
When a person declares that he is not proud, such phrases indicate the opposite. Pride overflows, its owner has no sins, lives like everyone else, does not offend people. This is how the proud speak of themselves, what kind of repentance or work on oneself can we talk about?
Believing relatives can help in such cases. Having been blessed by a spiritual mentor, you can read prayers for the proud. They bear little resemblance to prayers from anger and irritation, but these properties of the human character, as it is written above, arise from pride.
Prayer of John of Kronstadt
One of the saints revered in Russia - our contemporaries. The saint left behind many spiritual works, including prayers composed by his own hand.
Lord, teach Your servant, who has fallen into the devilish pride, meekness and humility, and cast away from his heart the darkness and the burden of satanic pride!
These few lines are read for a proud and obstinate neighbor.
Prayer to St. Alexis - the man of God
When pride overwhelms the neighbor, and as a result, anger, coupled with irritability, it is advisable to turn to St. Alexis with a prayerful sigh:
O saint of Christ, holy man of God Alexis! Look mercifully upon us, servant of God (names), and prayerfully stretch out your honest hands to the Lord God, and ask Him for forgiveness of our voluntary and involuntary sins, a peaceful and Christian life, and a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ. She, the servant of God, do not disgrace our hope, hedgehog, according to God and the Mother of God, we place; but be our helper and patron for salvation; Yes, by your prayers, having received grace and mercy from the Lord, let us glorify the philanthropy of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and your holy intercession, now and forever and forever and ever.
Prayer to Silouan of Athos
Another contemporary of ours, who died in 1938. A native of the Tambov province, who left the family nest in 1892 in order to devote his life to God.
The monk labored on Athos, leaving behind him moral and ascetic labors. Glorified as a saint:
O wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, pray tearfully for the whole universe - the dead, the living and the future - do not be silent for us to the Lord, who diligently fall to you and tenderly ask for your intercession (names). Move, O all-blessed, to the earnest prayerThe intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, miraculously calling you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly garden, where the chosen one of God is merciful and long-suffering to be God for our sins, in a hedgehog not remembering our iniquities and iniquities, but by the indescribable goodness of our Lord Jesus Mercy Christ and save us by His great mercy. She, the servant of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the World - the Most Holy Abbess of Athos and the holy ascetics of Her earthly lot, ask the saints for the most holy Word of the holy Mount Athos and her God-loving hermit from all the troubles and slanders of the enemy in the world will be preserved. Yes, we deliver the Angels from evil with the saints and strengthen them with the Holy Spirit in faith and brotherly love, until the end of the age about the Ones, Saints, Cathedrals and Apostles of the Church, they pray and show everyone the way of salvation, yes the Church on Earth and Heaven unceasingly glorifies the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and illuminating peace in the eternal truth and goodness of God. Ask the people of the whole earth for a prosperous and peaceful life, the spirit of humility and brotherly love, good-nature and salvation, the spirit of the fear of God. Let not malice and lawlessness harden human hearts, which can destroy the love of God in men and overthrow them into godly enmity and fratricide, but in the power of Divine love and truth, as in heaven and on earth, may the name of God be hallowed, may His holy will be done in men and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth. So also to your earthly Fatherland - ask for the land of Russia, servant of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, in the hedgehog with the all-powerful omophorion of the Mother of Godcovered, get rid of him from gladness, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine strife and from all enemies visible and invisible, and so by the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God until the end of the age he stays, the Life-Giving Cross by power, and in the love of God, unfailingly affirm. But for all of us, plunging into the darkness of sins and repentance of warmth, below the fear of God and not having the Lord who loves us immensely, incessantly offending us, ask, about all-blessedness, from our All-Generous God, that with His Almighty divine grace He will visit and revive our souls, and all malice and let the pride of life, despondency and carelessness in our hearts be abolished. We also pray for the hedgehog and for us, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in philanthropy and brotherly love, humbly crucified for each other and for all, to be established in the truth of God and in the grace-filled love of God to be well strengthened, and son-loving to Him draw near. Yes, so, doing His all holy will, in all piety and purity of temporal life, we will shamelessly pass the path and with all the saints of the Kingdom of Heaven and His Lamb marriage we will be honored. To him, from all earthly and heavenly things, may there be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer when irritated by neighbors
From our anger and irritability suffer, for the most part, the closest people. We break down on them after a hard day at work, with problems or a spoiled mood, being unhe althy. Other household humblyendure, and some of them respond in kind. The result is an ugly situation called a quarrel.
As St. Paisios the Holy Mountaineer taught, we should be angry at our old man and at the surrounding litters with goodies, and our neighbors are not at all to blame for our bad mood. In order to achieve such anger, you need constant work on yourself, careful observation of your own behavior and thoughts. It is hardly possible that a modern person, with his frantic pace of life, is capable of attentive attention to his thoughts and actions.
It is worth using the monastic method of introspection. Every evening the monks analyze how their day went. They write down on a piece of paper everything that, in their opinion, is sinful, down to the smallest thoughts (if they do not forget about them). We - living in the world - do not interfere with such self-digging with subsequent entries, sometimes you re-read and are horrified by your own behavior.
Somewhat distracted, we return to prayer from anger and irritation with loved ones. The text looks like this:
Merciful, merciful, good, long-suffering, loving, merciful Heavenly Father! I mourn and confess before You the innate malevolence and insensitivity of my heart, that I often sinned against my poor neighbor with unmercy and unfriendliness, did not take part in his poverty and misfortunes that happened to him, did not have the proper human, Christian and fraternal compassion for him, left he was in distress, did not visit, did not console, did not help him. In this I acted not as a child of God,because he was not merciful like You, My Heavenly Father, and did not think about what Christ my Lord says: blessed are the merciful, for they will have mercy. I did not think about the final verdict at the Last Judgment: Depart from Me, cursed ones, into eternal fire; for I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was naked and you did not clothe me; was sick and did not visit Me.
Merciful Father! Forgive me this grave sin, and do not impute it to me. Turn away heavy and righteous punishment from me, and make sure that judgment is not fulfilled on me without mercy, but cover and forget my unmercy for the sake of the mercy of Your beloved Son.
Give me a merciful heart that would grieve over the disaster of my neighbor, and make me quickly and easily prompted to compassion. Grant me grace so that I can contribute to relief, and not to increase the sorrows and calamities suffered by my neighbors; so that I console him in his sorrow and show mercy to all the sorrowful spirit - to the sick, strangers, widows and orphans; to help them willingly and love not only in words, but in deed and truth.
Oh my God! You want mercy, not sacrifice. Make me put on the mercy of the heart, goodness, humility, patience, and willingly forgive, as Christ forgave me. Make it so that I know Your great mercy in me, because I am too small in front of all the mercy that You have shown me from the day I was born. Thy mercy preceded me when I lay in sins; it embraces me, it follows me wherever I go, and finally takes me to itself into eternal life. Amen.
Howhelp yourself?
Until a person wants to overcome his passion, no one can help him. It is very difficult to fight something that has taken root deep in the heart. You can help yourself by visiting the temple regularly, starting the sacraments of confession and communion. Taking holy water and prosphora in the morning is one of the small steps towards fighting your passions.
Prayer rules read only with the permission of the priest, notes submitted in the temple, magpies about he alth - all this helps a person spiritually. But no one canceled the independent struggle, because water does not flow under a lying stone, as you know.
Conclusion
Struggle is the basis of spiritual life. When a person struggles with his passions, tries to work on himself and wants to change, God helps him. Prayer from anger and irritation is a spiritual sword in the fight against declared character traits.
