Above:  St. Ephrem of Edessa

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St. Ephrem of Edessa (306/307-373) was a deacon, exegete, hymn writer, and the “Harp of the Holy Spirit.”

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Receive, O Lord, in Heaven Above:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/receive-o-lord-in-heaven-above/

From God Christ’s Deity Came Forth:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/from-god-christs-deity-came-forth/

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Above:  Evening Sky

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Original Syraic Text by St. Ephrem of Edessa (306/307-373)

English Translation by Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935)

Hymn Source = The English Hymnal (1906), The Church of England

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Receive, O Lord, in heaven above,

Our prayers and supplications pure;

Give us a heart all full of love

And steady courage to endure.

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Thy holy name our mouths confess,

Our tongues are harps to praise thy grace;

Forgive our sins and wickedness,

Who in this vigil seek thy face.

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Let not our song become a sigh,

A wail of anguish and despair;

In loving-kindness, Lord most high,

Receive to-night our evening prayer.

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O raise us in that day, that we

May sing, where all thy Saints adore,

Praise to thy Father, and to thee,

And to thy Spirit, evermore.

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