Adornment of our prayer, O Jesus, fortify our supplication, that it might ascend with Thee to Thy Father and obtain for us the object of our request!
Through Thy loving-kindness Thou defendest us before Thy Father, for Thou art the chosen sacrifice, offered for the world.
For Adam, who tasted the fruit, Thou didst embrace the pillar at the judgment place. For Adam's children, who sinned before Thee, the executioners pierced Thee with nails.
Thou hast taken upon Thyself the common debt of all in order to pay it back to Thy Father - pay back also, O guiltless Lord, those sins with which our freedom has indebted us.
Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the law by Thy precious blood. Deliver also those redeemed by Thy blood from harsh justice.
--St. Ephrem the Syrian, *A Spiritual Psalter* #102
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