Prayer of the Cherubikon (Priest prays silently while faithful sing the Cherubim Hymn) - very powerful and encouraging "No one who is bound by carnal desires and pleasures is worthy to come to you, to aproach you, or to minister to you, the King of Glory. For to minister to you is great and awasome even to the heavenly powers themselves. Yet, because of your ineffable and immeasurable love for all of us, you, unchanged and unchangable, became man, were designated our high priest, and, as Master of all, entrusted us with the priestly service of this liturgical, unbloody sacrifice. You alone, O Lord our God, rule over all things in heaven and on earth and are borne aloft on the cherubic throne. You are the Lord of the Seraphim and the King of Israel who alone are holy and dwell in the holy sanctuary. Therefore, I beseech you, who alone are good and ready to hear, look favorably upon me, your sinful and unprofitable servant, cleanse my heart and soul of an evil conscience, and by the power of your Holy Spirit, enable me, who have been clothed with the grace of the priesthood, to stand before this your holy table in the priestly service of your sacred and pure body and precious blood. Bowing my head, I approach you and implore: turn not your face away from me, nor exclude me from among your children, but allow these gifts to be offered to you by me, your sinful and unworthy servant. For you yourself, O Christ our God, offer and are offered, you receive and are distributed; and we give glory to you with your eternal Father and your all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen. (Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom)
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