Psalms & Agpeya - Week 2: Friday

Good Friday 9th Hour Litanies

O Lord, who commended Your spirit into the hands of the Father when You were crucified at the ninth hour; and led the thief who was crucified with You into Paradise, do not neglect me, O good One, nor reject me, I who am lost. Rather sanctify my soul, enlighten my understanding, and allow me to partake of the grace of Your life-giving sacraments; so that when I taste Your goodness I may offer You praise unceasingly, longing for Your glory above all things O Christ our God, save us.

St. John Cassian

At the sixth hour the spotless victim, our Lord and Saviour, was offered to the Father, and mounting the cross for the salvation of the whole world he destroyed the sins of the human race. At the ninth hour, he penetrated hell and extinguished the inseparable darkness of Shoal by his shining brilliance. He broke open its gates of bronze, smashed its iron bars, and, having savingly captured the captivity of the holy ones who had been shut up in the cruel darkness of hell, bore it off with Him to heaven.