Vespers On The 6th Tuesday Of Great Lent.WAV by Sisterhood Chants

Vespers on the sixth Tuesday of Great Lent.

"Thou wast clothed, O my soul, in the divinely-woven purple of self-mastery and in the fine linen of incorruption, but thou hast insulted thine own dignity. Thou hast made sin thy wealth and thy delight, and looked with scorn upon thy fellow men, like the rich man who despised Lazarus in his poverty. Lest thou share the rich man's punishment, become poor in spirit and cry to the Lord who for thy sake became poor: Before Thy Crucifixion Thou hast worn the purple of mockery, and for my sake was nailed naked to the Cross: deliver me from eternal shame, O Christ, and clothe me in the raiment of Thy Kingdom.