Thursday, November 6 : Saint Nerses Chnorhali
I ran away, like the sheep, Of your sensible herd; I decreased the number of hundred That you left in the high desert. You came out of love in search of the one; Once found, you brought it on your shoulders to heaven; You completed the number of the troop that had diminished, To delight angels. You brought me too, Lord, with the multitude; You have washed me from the mud and the sinking of sin; In them again now I wallow, Like the foolish friend of trash. Wash me again by means of tears; Deign to give them to my unrepentant soul Like an abundant and bubbling stream, Like the overflowing fountain. And I who have been intentionally lost, Make me come back to your divine will; The will of my first free will Remove that which doesn’t obey you.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team
