Monday, January 05, 2009
Heal my soul!
Grant me a clear sign, purify my hidden faults, for my secret wounds are undermining me... I fall at your knees, O Savior, like the woman with the flow of blood. I, too, seize hold of the fringe of your garment, saying: "If I but touch it, I shall be saved" (Mk 5:28). Do not disappoint my faith, O healer of souls...; I shall find you for my own salvation, you who have appeared and illumined all things.
-- Saint Romanos Melodios (?-c.560), composer of hymns
-- Saint Romanos Melodios (?-c.560), composer of hymns
