The following prayer I have used as preparation for Holy Qurbana. Sharing here, hoping it might benefit someone:
Just like the glorious prophet Isaiah saw, bless me O Lord to see you in your glory during the Holy Qurbana. As I approach your Holy Throne, and as the Holy Body and Blood is placed into my unworthy mouth, help me O Lord, to become aware of your unapproachable holiness and my own sinfulness today, just like Isaiah did that day. (Isaiah 6)
Just like the glorious prophet Isaiah saw, bless me O Lord to see you in your glory during the Holy Qurbana. As I approach your Holy Throne, and as the Holy Body and Blood is placed into my unworthy mouth, help me O Lord, to become aware of your unapproachable holiness and my own sinfulness today, just like Isaiah did that day. (Isaiah 6)
Open my eyes today O Lord, just like you opened the eyes of prophet
Elisha's servant so that he could see the great army of fiery chariots
protecting them all around them - just like him, open my eyes also so
that I may behold the great multitude of heavenly and fiery beings all
around the Holy Madbaha and the Church as I stand with the Church,
offering the Great sacrament to you today. (2 Kings 6)
Just as St. John the Evangelist missed you so much in the far away and lonely land of Patmos, so much that you opened the heavens to reveal the world beyond to him, and you opened time to reveal the future to him - give that same experience to me as well today O Lord -- so that the wonders of the world and time beyond maybe revealed to me as well as I partake in the Holy Qurbana today.
Give me the grace to experience the presence of the holy saints as I stand for the Holy Sacrament today - so that I may realize and come aware of the presence of the Mother of God, of such saints as Parumala Thirumeni, Vattasheril Thirumeni and others standing with me -- all standing together in and as the Church -- so that becoming aware of their presence, I may align my body, mind and soul with them, and become a bit more like them, to offer you the Holy Qurbana today.
Just as St. John the Evangelist missed you so much in the far away and lonely land of Patmos, so much that you opened the heavens to reveal the world beyond to him, and you opened time to reveal the future to him - give that same experience to me as well today O Lord -- so that the wonders of the world and time beyond maybe revealed to me as well as I partake in the Holy Qurbana today.
Give me the grace to experience the presence of the holy saints as I stand for the Holy Sacrament today - so that I may realize and come aware of the presence of the Mother of God, of such saints as Parumala Thirumeni, Vattasheril Thirumeni and others standing with me -- all standing together in and as the Church -- so that becoming aware of their presence, I may align my body, mind and soul with them, and become a bit more like them, to offer you the Holy Qurbana today.
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