This is the Great Lenten Prayer of St. Ephram from the Eastern Church. It focuses on asking God for the grace to embody the virtues and take away sinfulness.
"Slavery ended in medieval Europe only because the church extended its sacraments to all slaves and then managed to impose a ban on the enslavement of Christians (and of Jews). Within the context of medieval Europe, that prohibition was effectively a rule of universal abolition. "— Rodney Stark
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I love both the words and the chant. I could be equally at home with the Byzantine liturgy as I am with the Extraordinary Form of the Latin liturgy.
I love eastern theology.
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