September 9, 2026 - Daily

Midnight Introductory Prayer from Pampakuda Namaskarakramam
Awaken us, Lord, from our sleep in the sloth of sin that we may praise Your watchfulness, You who watch and do not sleep ; Give life to our death in the sleep of death and corruption, that we may adore Your compassion, You who live and do not die ; Grant us in the glorious company of the angels who praise You in heaven, to praise and bless You in holiness, because You are praised and blessed in heaven and on earth, Father , Son and Holy Spirit , now and always, forever and ever. Amen. 

Morning Introductory Prayer from Pampakuda Namaskarakramam

Creator of the morning, who drives out darkness and brings light and joy to creation, create in us habits of virtue and drive from us all darkness of sin; give us light and joy by the glorious rays of Your grace, our Lord and our God, forever . Amin 

Reflection from Prologue -The Ochrid (Extract)

One should not give alms with pride but rather with humility, considering the one to whom the alms are given to be better than oneself. Did not the Lord Himself say: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me (Matthew 25:40)

Often, when we give alms, either in someone else’s name or in our own name, we cannot avoid pride which, as soon as it appears in the heart, destroys all the good deeds performed. When we give to the beggar as to a beggar and not as to Christ, we cannot avoid pride or disdain. What value is there in performing an act of mercy, while taking pride in ourselves and disdaining the man? Virtue is not a virtue when it is mixed with sin, just as milk is not milk when it is mixed with gasoline or vinegar.

Prayer for the day from Prologue -The Ochrid (Extract)

O Lord Jesus, the Living Truth, the Eternal Truth—do not withdraw from us, but enlighten us and save us. 

“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true” (John 5:31)The same works that I do, bear witness of Me (John 5:36); the witness of His Heavenly Father, Who bore witness to Him as His Son at the Jordan and on Mount Tabor: And the Father himself, which hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me (John 5:37); and finally, the witness of the Holy Scriptures: Search the scriptures … they are they which testify of Me (John 5:39)

O my brethren, let us not be stony-hearted as were those blind elders, and let us not reject our only salvation. We do not seek any other witnesses, but rather believe that which the Lord Jesus alone says of Himself. He said of Himself, I am … the Truth (John 14:6), and it is by this Truth that we are nourished and saved  

St John 14:5-6 Thoma said to him, “Our Lord, we do not know where you are going and how can we know the way?” Yeshua said to him, “I AM THE LIVING GOD, The Way and The Truth and The Life; no man comes to my Father but by me alone.