SAINT PAISIOS THE JESUS PRAYER - MORNING AND EVENING, INTONE THE FOLLOWING PRAYERS WITH EACH KNOT OF YOUR PRAYER ROPE

 

1. Grant peace O Lord, to the whole world.

2. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our Church and on Holy Orthodoxy.

3. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our bishop and his synod.

4. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on all Orthodox Christians throughout the world both clergy and laity.

5. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on my spiritual father and his attendants.

6. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our armed forces.

7. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the leaders of our country.

8. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who hate us, those who love us and those who pray for us.

9. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our parents, on our godparents and on our teachers.

10. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our relatives, both spiritual and blood relatives.

11. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the elderly and the monastics.

12. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the infants, the defenseless and the weak.

13. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our student youth.

14. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our adolescent youth.

15. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the drug addicted, the alcoholics and those who smoke.

16.  Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the parents of Orthodox Christian families.

17. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our pregnant mothers, wives and sisters.

18. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on the widows and the orphans.

19. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on estranged couples; our brothers and sisters who are tempted.

20. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who are sick in both body and soul.

21. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who give alms and those who work in monastic communities and our parishes.

22. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who make pilgrimages to Monasteries and Churches.

23. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who are traveling by land, sea and air; the imprisoned and the disillusioned.

24. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who are mourning and grieving.

25. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on our judges and politicians.

26. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on those who have been led astray and those who blaspheme our Orthodox Church.

27.  Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us and grant us peace.

28.  Lord Jesus Christ protect us from sickness, anger and danger; enlighten our doctors and the nurses.

29. Lord Jesus Christ protect us from hunger, need and adversity.

30. Lord Jesus Christ protect us from heat, fire and earthquakes.

31. Lord Jesus Christ protect us from the catastrophes of floods, fire, freezing and war.

32. Lord Jesus Christ give eternal rest to the souls of our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, relatives and all who have gone on to their eternal rest.

33. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner.

            The Apostle Paul admonishes us in his First Letter to the Thessalonians: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thess. 5:17).   Praying with the prayer rope has no limitations.   As much as a person can bring themselves to pray with the 33, the 50 or the 100 knot prayer rope, should constantly repeat: “Lord God Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”

Translated from the Greek by:

+Fr. Constantine (Charles) J. Simones, November 26, 2015, Waterford, CT, USA,