Canon to the Guardian Angel
Holy Angel of the Lord, my Guardian, pray to God for me, a sinner!
I pray to you, holy Angel whom God has give to me as my good guardian: free me from every temptation!
Holy Angel of the Lord, my Guardian, pray to God for me, a sinner!
Shine light on my mind, O good one, and enlighten me! I pray you, holy Angel: teach me always to have wholesome thoughts.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Deliver my heart from this present noise, O my Guardian, and strengthen me to keep a good vigil, wondrously instructing me towards life-giving stillness.
Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The Word of God dwelt in you, O Theotokos, and showed you to mankind as a Ladder to Heaven. Through you, He Who is on high came down to us.
Lord, have mercy! (3 times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever unto ages of ages. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 6
O my soul, why do you enrich yourself with sins? Why do you do the Devil’s will? In what have you put your hope? Cease all this and turn to God, weeping and crying: O compassionate Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!
Ikos
Contemplate, my soul, the bitter hour of death and the dread judgment of your Creator and God. Threatening angels will seize you, my soul, and lead you to eternal flames. Repent before your death, therefore, crying: O Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!