In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew:
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Holy God, Holy and Might, Holy and Immortal, Have mercy on us (x3)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.
Today we faithful come to the divine and miraculous icon of the most Holy Theotokos, who fills the faithful from the Inexhaustible Cup of Her mercy, and shows them great miracles. And we who have seen them and heard them rejoice in our hearts and cry out with deep feeling and devotion: O Merciful and Sovereign Lady, heal our ills and passions by praying to your son, Christ our God, that He may save our souls.
Select and wondrous deliverance has been given to us by your holy image, O Sovereign Lady Theotokos, which through its appearance, has delivered us from afflictions of the spirit and flesh, and from sorrowful circumstances. O “Inexhaustible Cup”, we call you: heed our sighs and heartfelt cries, and deliver us, suffering from infirmities of addiction and mental illness, as with faith we cry out to you, Alleluia.
Respond: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA
Angelic powers and assemblies of the righteous glorify you unceasingly, O Theotokos, Queen if all, interceding for us, unworthy servants, who dwell in lawlessness and transgression. Yet for salvation and comfort of your mercy, you give us your wonderworking icon, so that looking upon it, as at the one and only bright star among a multitude, we might fall down, and from the depths is our hearts cry out to you:
Respond:
REJOICE, O dwelling-place of the unapproachable Godhead.
REJOICE, O unceasing wonder of man.
REJOICE, O one who removes us from the grief of our sins.
REJOICE, O healing one, who heals our infirmities.
REJOICE, O one through whose wonderworking image mercy is sent from on high.
REJOICE, O one whose treasures revealed bring rejoicing to our hearts.
REJOICE, O most wondrous of God’s reconciliations.
REJOICE, O one who delivers us forever from Gehenna.
REJOICE, O sovereign Lady, O Inexhaustible Cup, who satisfy our spiritual thirst!
Although an inner storm of doubts may cloud their minds, yet those bound by infirmities of mind and body come to you in sincere repentance and find indescribable mercy and receive healing, wherefore from the depths of their hearts they cry to our Savior born of you: Alleluia
Resond: ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
On seeing the heavy burdens and hearing the cries of women and men, the elderly and children, the relatives of those possessed by the passion for drink and all afflictions of mind and body, the Lord gives them your icon, O sovereign one, so that all who come to it might receive comfort and spiritual joy, and weeping might cry out to you:
REJOICE, O lamb, who gave birth to the Lamb.
REJOICE, O cup that from the source of immortality draws joy.
REJOICE, O comfort of mothers’ sorrows.
REJOICE, O hope of the hopeless.
REJOICE, O blessed refuge of those running to you.
REJOICE, O gladdener of the hearts of those who grieved.
REJOICE, O one who makes the passion for drink and all addictions cease.
REJOICE, O merciful one, whose hands of mercy is extended to those in need.
REJOICE, O sovereign Lady, O Inexhaustible Cup, who satisfy our spiritual thirst!
Proclaiming your wonders that pour from your icon, The Inexhaustible Cup, O Theotokos, with tears we beseech you: deliver us from the vice of addictions, the oppression of mental illness and from the depths of sin, and teach us, O pure one, in temperance, to sing to God: Alleluia!
Respond: ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
Radiant with the brightness of God’s glory, O youthful Virgin, you gaze upon your infant standing in a vessel, the Inexhaustible Cup; a mystery is made known, granting deliverance from all infirmities of mind and body to all who implore you with faith. Wherefore with tears we bring you this unceasing praise:
REJOICE, O one in whom the angelis hosts and the race of men rejoice.
REJOICE, O glorious one, surpassing the praise of heaven and earth.
REJOICE, O revealer of your Son to us in the mystery of Divine Eucharist.
REJOICE, O one by whom we see the Lamb born of you.
REJOICE, O cup of life and immortality leading us to the gates of life eternal.
REJOICE, O fountain of unending life and joy filling the thirsty soul.
REJOICE, O immeasurable grace, not rejecting the most destitute or downcast.
REJOICE, O one who draws the hopeless from the depths of disaster.
REJOICE, O sovereign Lady, O Inexhaustible Cup, who satisfy our spiritual thirst!
Wishing to save many suffering from pains of addiction, mental illness, the oppression of violence and trauma, you have given us your wondrous icon, O Mother of God, so that all bound by these scars and passions might run to your miraculous image, and having received healing, might in tenderness cry to God: Alleluia!
Respond: ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
A wall are you, O Theotokos, and a shield to those suffering from the infirmities of mental anguish and all addictions, and to all who sincerely seek you and revere your holy icon; for it was given by our Lord for help and healing, thus inspiring us to sing to you:
REJOICE, O one who lifts our sufferings and gives hope to the desperate.
REJOICE, O healer of the illness of body and soul.
REJOICE, O pure one, whose purity cleanses us from the stain of sin.
REJOICE, O one whose holiness brings to light our own unworthiness.
REJOICE, O one who vests our mortal flesh with immortal compassion.
REJOICE, O fortifier of our prayers with your strength.
REJOICE, O dispenser of the dark clouds of passion that surround us.
REJOICE, O one who nurses our physical and emotional ills,
REJOICE, O sovereign Lady, O Inexhaustible Cup, who satisfy our spiritual thirst!
The grace of God present in your icon, The Inexhaustible Cup, draws the sorrowing, the deprives, the widows and orphans, and especially those suffering from infirmities of addiction and mental illness, and no one goes away empty, O pure one; wherefore, generously receiving gratitude they sing to God: Alleluia!
Respond: ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
Singing your wonders and great mercy that are revealed to those suffering from the passion of addiction, and all infirmities of body, mind and spirit, we implore you, O sovereign one, save, have mercy on us, and set us on the path of righteousness; and do not forsake us who seek your holy protection and call to you:
O most merciful mother of our sweetest Lord Jesus Christ: hear our present prayers, and deliver us from every infirmity of the soul and of the flesh, and especially free your servants:
AKATHIST PRAYER LIST IS READ
Look down, O Lord, on your servants, who by unbelief, delusion, addiction, or through no fault of their own, have labored and been burdened. Help them, O Lord, strengthen their will and good thoughts, so that being freed from servile infirmity they may know your mercy and glorify you and come into the way of salvation.
REJOICE, O one who draws us to life-giving waters.
REJOICE, O one, cleansing us by the dew of your mercy.
REJOICE, O constant attender of those lost to addiction.
REJOICE, O one, hastening to those who suffer grievous mental and emotional pain.
REJOICE, O encouraging one, in whom those fallen in spirit find encouragement.
REJOICE, O great joy of the upright in heart.
REJOICE, O one who brings the proud ones low.
REJOICE, O one who elevates the humble and is desirous of salvation for all.
REJOICE, O sovereign Lady, O Inexhaustible Cup, who satisfy our spiritual thirst!
A reading from the prophecy of Isaiah:
As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth, and making it bud and flourish so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return empty, but it will accomplish what I desire achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever Amen.
