Custom phrase: "We are all not without sin." Oh, if only. Some people are convinced that they have no sins.
Let's leave the sinless alone. And we sinners have something to talk about. For example, about praying to God for sins. Is there such a thing? How to repent? Be patient and go ahead, discover something new.
What is sin?
This is a violation of spiritual law. Breaking the commandment of God and the law He has established.
The Lord gave people 10 commandments that we do not keep and often break. Sins vary in severity. There are mortals, especially strong ones. And there are "crying to Heaven for vengeance".
When we sin, we transgress the commandments given to us. Actually committing a crime.
Sin separates a person from God. And until then, the sinner will not be able to approach the Creator until he repents of his sins.
Is there a prayer for sin? We will talk about this a little lower. Now let's touch on the topic of the fight against sin.
How to deal with it?
Sin draws a person in. Why? That's whywhich seems attractive. For example, did you know that there is such a sin as gluttony? This is when a person eats without satiety, without praying before eating. And most importantly - choose delicious dishes. The tastier the better.
In secular society, such a lover of delicious food is called a gourmet. According to Orthodoxy, this is a sin. And how to deal with it? Is there a prayer to the Lord for the forgiveness of sins, including these?
First of all, remove all your favorite foods from your diet. And start eating what you don't like. Hard? No one promised an easy life.
Gradually accustom yourself to prayer before eating. At first we will forget about it, and then we will no longer be able to start the meal without praying. And after eating, be sure to thank God for letting us get enough.
What kind of prayers are these? Their texts are given below:
Prayers before eating food.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come. May Thy will be done, as in Heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from the evil one.
Virgin Mary, rejoice. Blessed Mary, the Lord is with you. Blessed are You in women, and blessed is the Fruit of Your womb. Like the Savior gave birth, if our souls.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Lord, have mercy (3 times), bless.
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Allit will take no more than five minutes to read.
Back to our topic of sinfulness. Is there a prayer to the Lord God for the forgiveness of sins? Yes, there is one.
Forgive me God
Whom to pray when sorrow overcomes? When do you realize that there are sins behind you - a wagon and a cart? Of course, turn prayerfully to God.
Is there a prayer for sin? It exists, but more on it later. Now we will present the text of a prayer to the Lord for forgiveness, intercession and help.
In the hand of Your great mercy, O my God, I entrust my soul and body, my feelings and verbs, my advice and thoughts, my deeds and my whole body and soul, my movements. My entrance and exit, my faith and dwelling, the course and death of my belly, the day and hour of my exhalation, my repose, the repose of my soul and body. But you, O Most Merciful God, of the whole world with sins, insurmountable Goodness, gentle, Lord, me, more than all sinners, accept in your hand your protection and deliver from all evil, cleanse a lot of my iniquities, grant correction to my evil and accursed life and from always delight me in the coming sinful falls, and in no way when I anger Your philanthropy, even cover my infirmity from demons, passions and evil people. Forbid the visible and invisible enemy, guiding me on the saved path, bring me to Thee, my refuge and my desires. Grant me a Christian end, shameless, peaceful, keep malice from the air spirits, at Your Terrible Judgment, be merciful to Your servant and count me at the right hand of Your blessedsheep, but with them to Thee, my Creator, I glorify forever. Amen.
Read it with faith and with all your heart. Ask for forgiveness and God's help.
The shortest prayer
Do you know the prayer that keeps from sins? Not? We will tell now. How and when to read it? You can hear it, you can mentally. When? Anytime. If you are engaged in physical labor, then read while working. If you walk down the street alone, say that prayer mentally. In monasteries it is read constantly. The Jesus Prayer is part of the monastic rule. Lay people are not forbidden to read it. It will be useful in order to cut off sinful thoughts from oneself. And even more so - actions:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner/sinner.
Just a few words. And the benefit for the soul of the one who prays is simply enormous.
Be prepared for the fact that at first you will only say this prayer with your lips. Thoughts will go for a walk somewhere far away. Gather them together, try to focus on prayer. Are they spreading again? Collect again. Here already, when you read a prayer from sin, there is no time for third-party thoughts.
Confession
Prayers alone for the forgiveness of sins and transgressions are not enough. You need to confess periodically. How to do it?
- How to prepare. In church shops they sell special books - tips. They contain lists of the most common sins against the commandments. Buy this book and get ready forher.
- Select a day. It is better to come to confession on Saturday evening. It can also be done on a weekday. Find out in advance whether there is a confession in the temple of your choice on weekdays.
- You can write your own confession. It will be easier this way, and sins will not be forgotten after you approach the lectern.
- No need to be ashamed of a priest. He is the conductor between man and God. We confess our sins to God, nothing can be hidden from Him. If something is deliberately withheld, then such a confession will not be accepted in Heaven.
- After we have received forgiveness and permission of sins from the priest, it is advisable to take communion.
- The communion is being prepared additionally. For three days they do not eat animal products, refrain from entertainment and physical intimacy with their husband (wife), read the necessary prayers before communion.
- A woman cannot perform both Mysteries if she is bleeding.
- The priest allows or does not allow before communion. In the event that he does not bless the communion, it is necessary to prepare for the Sacrament more carefully.
- Sincere prayer for the forgiveness of sins and repentance of the heart is a great thing for the penitent.
Prayer for your kind
They say that you need to pray for your family. Particularly "advanced" even say that you can take the sins of a kind on yourself.
No, no, no. Only monks can perform a deep prayer for the forgiveness of the sins of their kind. And then - with the blessing of the priest. This is not a joke or an easy matter.
We simple laymen have enoughbe content with morning prayers for the living and deceased relatives, reading the Gospel and the Ps alter for them. What are these prayers? Their texts are presented below. Believe me, this will be enough.
Prayer for the living
Save, Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (name), my parents (names), relatives (names), bosses, mentors, benefactors (names) and all Orthodox Christians.
Prayer for the departed
Give rest, Lord, the souls of your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.
Evening prayers
Every Orthodox Christian has a prayer rule. It includes evening prayers, or prayers for the coming sleep, as they are also called. At the end of the rule there is a prayer of confession of sins. In it, we daily confess to the Lord what we have done. Additionally, if you are concerned about some sins committed during the day, you can ask for forgiveness for them.
What is this prayer and how to read it? Buy a prayer book first. It is sold in any church shop or in an Orthodox store. Take it in Russian, because it will be difficult to read in Church Slavonic. Master this language as you immerse yourself in church life.
Every evening, before going to bed, we open the prayer book, read prayers for the coming dream. It's very simple.
And what if there is no way to read the prayers in full? For example, a person on the road is without a prayer book. And the phone ishe does not have access to the Internet to find the necessary texts. Learn at least the Confession of Sins prayer. We will provide its text:
I confess to You the Lord my God and Creator, in the Holy Trinity, the One, glorified and worshiped, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all my sins, I have done all the days of my stomach, and at every hour, and at the present time, and in the past days and weighing, a child, a word, thoughts, an announcement, pianism, secret agency, idleness, dullness, junction, pretext, disobedience, slander, condemnation, self -abundance, greatness, permission, permission, permission, permission, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, perplexity, perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and perplexity, and there is much of the agility, and badness, and there is much toilly inherently envy, anger, remembrance, malice, hatred, covetousness, and all my senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and my other sins, both mental and bodily, and to you my God and the Creator in these anger, and my neighbor I present myself to you, my God, and I have the will to repent: tochi, Lord my God, help me, with tears I humbly pray Thee: forgive my sins, by Your mercy, and resolve from all these, I have spoken before You, as Good and Humane.
Prayers before and after confession
We figured out if there is a prayer from sin. She is, short and very active, as it turned out.
Confession was discussed above. And most importantly, they did not say. Before you start it, pray. Ask God for forgivenessyour sins, sincerely ask, with all your heart. And read this prayer:
God and Lord of all! Whoever has the power of every breath and soul, One can heal me, hear the prayer of me, the accursed one, and the snake nesting in me by the influx of the All-Holy and Life-Giving Spirit, killing me: and I am poor and naked of all virtues, at the feet of my holy father (spiritual) with tears vouchsafe me, and his holy soul to mercy, hedgehog have mercy on me, attract. And give, Lord, in my heart humility and good thoughts, befitting a sinner who agreed to repent of You, and may not completely leave the soul alone, united with You and confessing You, and choosing and preferring You instead of the whole world: weigh more, Lord, as I want to be saved, even if my crafty custom is an obstacle: but it is possible for You, Master, the whole essence, the spruce is impossible, the essence is from a person. Amen.
Have you confessed? Everything is fine? Thank God, read the prayer after confession:
As weak and completely powerless in itself for good deeds, I humbly with tears I pray to You, Lord, my Savior, help me to establish myself in my intention: to live the rest of my life for You, my beloved God, pleasing God, and the past Forgive my sins with Your mercy and forgive me from all my sins spoken before You, like a good Lover of mankind. I also humbly pray to you, the Most Holy Theotokos, and you, heavenly powers and all the saints of God, help me correct my life.
Prayer for forgiveness of forgotten sins
Sometimes we forget our sins. There are too many of them in a lifetime. Is notan excuse, but a regrettable statement of fact.
When the Last Judgment comes, we will all see each other's sins. And we are horrified by what we see. And we will be perplexed: how so? This man had the same sin as me. But he repented of it. And he has no more sin, and mine is dragging after me.
Here they are - our forgotten sins. Don't share anywhere. So let's pray to God to forgive them to us:
Lord Lord, since it is a sin to forget one's sins, I have sinned in everything to You, the One Who knows the heart; You and forgive me everything according to Your philanthropy; This is how the splendor of Your glory is shown when You do not repay sinners according to their deeds, for You are glorified forever. Amen.
What is the essence of repentance?
Above, we presented a prayer for sin. And what is the essence of it? What is the meaning of repentance?
To hate your sins. Get rid of them once and for all. Never come back to this abomination again. Change your life. It is very difficult. At first it will seem simply unbearable. But, by the grace of God, everything will slowly work out.
Summarizing
In the article we talked about prayer from sin, prayers for one's kind and about the sacrament of confession. Let's highlight the main aspects:
- Sin is a transgression of the commandments of God.
- The more we sin, the more we move away from God.
- Prayer for sin - it's short. And you can read it constantly.
- Prayers alone are not enough. No one has canceled the sacrament of confession yet.
- Prepare for confession.
- There are sins we forget. And a prayer for their forgiveness.
- Before and after confession, it is highly desirable to pray. The texts of the prayers are given above.
Conclusion
Here we are with the readers and figured out the prayer from sin. Now it is clear how one can refrain from committing a spiritual crime.
If it happened, hurry to confession. And you should not neglect the daily prayer of confessing your sins.
