Mangled Matins: Carpus, Papylus & Agathonica

I’m still trying to get to grips with the Odes and Sessional Hymns, but here are the changeable parts for tomorrow…

From Monthly Menaion

Troparion  (Tone 4)

Communion Hymn

From Green Book (2+ Martyrs)

The parts from the Divine Liturgy book is the same as we’ll be celebrating martyrs again…

Prokeimenon (Tone 4)

Alleluia (Tone 4)

Music Monday: Drops in the ocean

I’ve been hearing this song on the radio a lot recently, Hawk Nelson’s “Drops in the ocean”

I want you as you are, not as you ought to be
Won’t you lay down your guard and come to me
The shame that grips you now is crippling
It breaks my heart to see you suffering

Cause I am for you
I’m not against you

If you wanna know
How far my love can go
Just how deep, just how wide
If you wanna see
How much you mean to me
Look at my hands, look at my side
If you could count the times I’d say you are forgiven
It’s more than the drops in the ocean

Don’t think you need to settle for a substitute
When I’m the only love that changes you

And I am for you
I’m not against you
I am for you
I’m not against you

Open your heart
It’s time that we start again
Open your heart
It’s time that we start again