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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Akathist for Holy Communion

Here is a link to an anonymous prayer for Holy Communion, in the tradition of the Akathists to Our Lord, Our Lady and St Michael. The texts of each Ikos alone could be used for meditation during Mass as they contain petitions appropriate for either before or after receiving communion.

http://www.stvladimirs.ca/library/akathist-holy-communion.html

P.S. An Akathist is an Eastern Christian devotion, whose title means literally "not sitting" for it is normally said standing up. It can be considered their version of a litany, except that it is broken into short stanzas (kontakions) and long stanzas (ikos').

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