O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth; who art everywhere and fillest all things; Treasury of blessings, and giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
This is a prayer to the Holy Spirit said by countless Orthodox Christians throughout the world everyday. It is a prayer asking for the Spirit of God, promised by Christ and delivered on the feast of Pentecost 2000 years ago, to indwell us and direct our lives. We ask for God to rest in our hearts, not move us around from the Heavens, like pieces on a chess board. He is here, and He is with us now.
Between Easter, 50 days ago, and now the prayer is not said. Christ is Risen and with us, but He has not yet sent the Holy Spirit to comfort us. I must say that I missed this prayer as every night I skipped over it and onto the Lord’s Prayer. Pentecost is the coming of the Holy Spirit and the return of this prayer.
Here is the prayer in Chinese:
天上的君王，护慰者，真理之灵，无所不在，充盈万有者，圣善的宝藏，赋予生命者：求你降临并居住在我们内，洗净我们的一切污秽，圣善者啊，拯救我们的灵魂！
And for good measure, and because I mentioned it in my post, here is the Lord’s Prayer:
我们在天上的父，愿你的名被尊为圣，愿你的国来临，愿你的旨意承行于地，如于天。我们的日用粮，求你今天赐给我们；宽免我们的罪债，犹如我们宽免亏负我们的人；不要让我们陷入诱惑，但救我们脱离那邪恶者。
阿门
Comment by JMC — May 28, 2007 @ 5:00 pm