Great Shepherd Of Our Souls

[MIRIAM JACOB]

GREAT SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS


Great Shepherd
of our souls and bodies,
from age to age You have led Your
people in the paths of righteousness
and truth for Your own Name's sake.
Throughout the years of our lives
You have guided us faithfully
into green pastures and beside still waters
and restored our souls.
Through the blood of Your eternal covenant
You furnish us with every good thing
in order that we may accomplish Your will
and do that which is pleasing in Your sight.
Our cup of blessing runs over.
Even in the valley of the shadow of death,
You are with us there, to find us, to rescue us,
and to restore us to Your flock once more.
Grant to us also,
Good Shepherd of our lives,
in the year and the millennium that lie ahead,
that Your sheep throughout the world
may hear Your voice and follow You,
so that as one flock, under our One Shepherd,
we may glorify You,
with Your Father and the Holy Spirit,
Amen



Archbishop Demetrios,
Greek Orthodox Church, Jerusalem


Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
source:www.goarch.org.

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