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he saw, and behold the mountain was full of horses, and a chariot of fire around Elisha; and Elisha prayed, and said: Strike this nation with blindness. Isaiah was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him: Return, and you shall say to Hezekiah: Thus says the Lord Almighty, I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears, and I will add to your years 16 years. 95.1437 Rise early to the Lord Almighty, praying. If you are pure and true, he will listen to your prayer. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. Pray to me, and I will listen to you, and seek me with all your heart, and I will be found by you. O Lord Almighty, God of Israel; a soul in anguish, and a weary spirit has cried out to you. Hear, O Lord, have mercy, for you are a merciful God, and have mercy. With a contrite soul, and a spirit of humility may we be accepted, as with burnt offerings. Do not be fainthearted in your prayer; do not hinder paying a vow in due time. When you pray, you shall not be like the sad-faced hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you; they have received their reward. But when you pray, enter into your room. And when praying, do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him. Pray then like this: Your Father, and so on. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. The disciples came to Jesus privately, and said: Why could we not cast it out? And Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you: if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain: ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you. But this kind does not go out, except by prayer and fasting. Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. He told them a parable to the effect that it is necessary always to pray, and not to lose heart. A certain judge in a certain city, etc. Be vigilant at all times, praying, that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that are to come to pass, When he came to the place, he said to them: Pray that you may not enter into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and kneeling down he prayed, saying: Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done. And when he came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, and said 95.1440 to them: Pray, that you may not enter into temptation. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain: ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, it will be done for him whatever he says. When you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. All these were continually devoting themselves with one accord to prayer and supplication. And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, select seven men from among you of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word. There was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion, of the cohort called the Italian, a devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. He saw clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. And gazing at him,

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εἶδε, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ ὅρος πλῆρες ἵππων, καὶ ἅρμα πυρὸς κύκλῳ Ἑλισσαιέ· καὶ προσηύξατο Ἑλισσαιὲ, καὶ εἶπε· Πάταξον τὸ ἔθνος τοῦτο ἀορασίᾳ. Ἦν Ἡσαΐας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ μέσῃ, καὶ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς αὐτόν· Ἐπίστρεψον, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς Ἐζεκίαν· Τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, Ἤκουσα τῆς προσευχῆς σου, καὶ εἶδον τὰ δάκρυά σου, καὶ προσθήσω ἐπὶ τὰ ἔτη σου ἔτη ιϛʹ. 95.1437 Ὄρθριζε πρὸς Κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος. Εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινὸς, ἐπακούσεται τῆς δεησεώς σου. Θύσον τῷ Θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως, καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ Ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου. Τὰς εὐχάς μου τῷ Κυρίῳ ἀποδώσω ἐναντίον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. Προσεύξασθε πρός με, καὶ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐκζητήσατέ με ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπιφανοῦμαι ὑμῖν. Κύριε παντοκράτορ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ· ψυχὴ ἐν στεναγμοῖς, καὶ πνεῦμα ἀκηδιῶν ἐκέκραξε πρὸς σέ. Ἄκουσον, Κύριε, ἐλέησον, ὅτι Θεὸς ἐλεήμων εἶ, καὶ ἐλέησον. Ἐν ψυχῇ συντετριμμένῃ, καὶ πνεύματι ταπεινώσεως προσδεχθείημεν, ὡς ἐν ὁλοκαυτώμασιν. Μὴ ὀλιγοψυχήσῃς ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ σου· μὴ ἐμποδίσῃς τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι εὐχὴν ἐν καιρῷ. Ὅταν προσεύχῃ, οὐκ ἔσῃ ὥσπερ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποὶ, ὅτι φιλοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς γωνίαις τῶν πλατειῶν ἑστῶτες προσεύχεσθαι, ὅπως φανῶσι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· ἀπέχουσι τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. Σὺ δὲ ὅταν προσεύχῃ, εἴσελθε εἰς τὸ ταμεῖόν σου. Προσευχόμενοι δὲ, μὴ βαττολογήσητε, ὥσπερ οἱ ἐθνικοί· δοκοῦσι γὰρ ὅτι ἐν τῇ πολυλογίᾳ αὐτῶν εἰσακουσθήσονται. Μὴ οὖν ὁμοιώθητε αὐτοῖς. Οἶδε γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν, ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε, πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν. Οὕτως οὖν προσεύχεσθε ὑμεῖς· Πάτερ ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῶν· ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε· κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν. Πᾶς γὰρ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει. Προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ κατ' ἰδίαν, εἶπον· ∆ιὰ τί οὐκ ἐδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό; Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ∆ιὰ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὑμῶν. Ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν· ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ· Μετάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν. Τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ ἐκπορεύσεται, εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Γρηγορεῖτε, καὶ προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν. Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσετε τὸν Πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, δώσει ὑμῖν. Ἔλεγε παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸ δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι, καὶ μὴ ἐκκακεῖν. Κοιτής τις ἔν τινι πόλει, κ. τ. ἑ. Ἀγρυπνεῖτε ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ δεόμενοι, ἵνα καταξιωθῆτε ἐκφυγεῖν πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι, Γενόμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Προσεύχεσθε μὴ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς πειρασμόν. Καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνεσπάσθη ἀπ' αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λίθου βολὴν, καὶ θεὶς τὰ γόνατα προσηύξατο, λέγων· Πάτερ, εἰ βούλει, παρένεγκε τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο ἀπ' ἐμοῦ. Πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν, ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γενέσθω. Καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐπὶ τοὺς μαθητὰς, εὗρεν αὐτοὺς καθεύδοντας, καὶ εἶπεν 95.1440 αὐτοῖς· Προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν. Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ· Ἄρθητι, καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῇ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἔσται αὐτῷ ὃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ. Ὅταν στήκητε προσευχόμενοι, ἀφίετε εἴ τι ἔχετε κατά τινος, ἵνα καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἀφῇ ὑμῖν τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. Οὗτοι πάντες ἦσαν προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ δεήσει. Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενοι οἱ δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπον· Οὐκ ἀρεστόν ἐστι καταλείποντας ἡμᾶς τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, διακονεῖν τραπέζαις. Ἐπισκέψασθε οὖν, ἀδελφοὶ, ἄνδρας ἐξ ὑμῶν μαρτυρουμένους ἑπτὰ, πλήρεις Πνεύματος καὶ σοφίας, οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χρείας ταύτης. Ἡμεῖς δὲ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου ἐσόμεθα προσκαρτεροῦντες. Ἀνήρ τις ἦν ἐν Καισαρείᾳ, ὀνόματι Κορνήλιος, ἑκατοντάρχης, ἐκ σπείρης τῆς καλουμένης Ἰταλικῆς, εὐσεβὴς, καὶ φοβούμενος Θεὸν σὺν παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ, ποιῶν ἐλεημοσύνας πολλὰς ἐν τῷ λαῷ, καὶ δεόμενος Θεοῦ διὰ παντός. Εἶδεν ἐν ὁράματι φανερῶς, ὡς περὶ ὥραν ἐννάτην τῆς ἡμέρας, ἄγγελον τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθόντα πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ εἰπόντα αὐτῷ, Κορνήλιε. Ὁ δὲ ἀτενίσας αὐτῷ,