Automela of Mode pl. 2
Automela of Mode pl. 2
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
O angelic powers…
O angelic powers, proceed and go before us. * You who are in Bethlehem, make the manger ready. * For lo, the Logos is born, and the Wisdom is coming forth. * You, O Church, accept a salutation, for the joy of the Theotokos. O peoples, let us say: * Blessed are You, our God who has arrived. Glory be to You.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
When the angelic powers…
When the angelic powers appeared at Your grave, * the soldiers guarding it feared and became as dead. * And standing at the sepulcher was Mary who was seeking Your immaculate body. * You devastated Hades, not afflicted by it. * You went to meet the Virgin and granted eternal life. * You resurrected from the dead. O Lord, glory to You.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
From the womb…
From the womb before the Morning Star were You born, * from the Father motherless before the ages, * though Arius holds that You are not God but a creature, * mindlessly daring to connect the Creator to creation, * storing up thereby for himself the fuel for eternal fire. * But the holy Synod in Nicaea * proclaimed You Son of God, O Lord, who together with the Father and the Spirit share the throne.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
You are the good hope…
You are the good hope of the world, O Virgin Theotokos. * Therefore we beg for only your awe-inspiring protection. * Take pity on a people left with no defense. * Insistently supplicate our merciful God, * O only blessed Lady, to deliver our souls * from all impending danger.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
That woman, who was spurned…
That woman, who was spurned because of her way of life, * for which she had earned ill repute as a harlot, * came to You with the fragrant oil in hand, and she cried out, * “Please, do not throw me out for being a harlot, O Savior, born of the Virgin. * Please, do not dismiss my tears and weeping, O Master, the joy of the Angels. * You did not reject me when I was sinning, * so now accept me as I am repenting, O Lord, * because of Your great mercy.”
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
Lord have mercy on us…
Lord have mercy on us, for in You we trust. Be not enraged with us greatly, nor remember our iniquities. But look upon us now, being compassionate, and deliver us from our enemies. For You are our God, and we Your people, all of us the work of Your hands, and now we have invoked Your name.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
When the saints deposited…
When the saints deposited their every hope in the heavens, * then did they accumulate * treasures that cannot be lost, dwelling yet on earth. * They received free of charge; * free of charge they offer * cures to those afflicted with disease. * And evangelically neither gold nor silver did they possess. * To people and to animals likewise they imparted the benefits, * so that by becoming obedient to Christ in every way * they might with confidence intercede * so that our souls be saved.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
The Theotokos is undying…
The Theotokos is undying in intercession.* Immovable is our hope in her for protection. * Neither death nor burial prevailed over her. * As she is Mother of Life, she was removed to life by Him, * the Lord who lived in her ever-virgin womb.
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
When You had fulfilled…
When You had fulfilled the dispensation for our sake, * and united things on earth with the things in heaven, * You were taken up thither in glory, O Christ our God, * going not away from any place, * but continuing inseparable, * and to them that love You crying out: * “I am with you, and there is, therefore, none against you.”
Sauti ya 6.
Automelon. Mode pl. 2.
You rose within three days…
You rose within three days from the tomb, * O Christ, as holy Scripture says, * also raising our progenitor with You. * Now all mankind together * forever glorifies You, and we extol Your resurrection, O Lord.