{"id":4712,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/before-communion-chrysostom\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","slug":"before-communion-chrysostom","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/prayers\/before-communion-chrysostom\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Before Holy Communion of Saint John Chrysostom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I believe, O Lord, and I confess that <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, who <span class=\"pr-t\">camest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">came<\/span> into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first. I believe also that this is truly <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> own most pure Body, and that this is truly <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> own precious Blood.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore I pray <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>: have mercy on me and forgive my transgressions, voluntary and involuntary, in word and in deed, in knowledge and in ignorance. Make me worthy to partake without condemnation of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> most pure Mysteries, for the remission of sins and for life eternal. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> mystical supper, O Son of God, receive me today as a communicant. I will not speak of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> mystery to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> enemies, nor will I give <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> a kiss like Judas, but like the thief I confess <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>: Remember me, O Lord, in <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>May the communion of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> holy Mysteries be neither to my judgment nor to my condemnation, O Lord, but for the healing of soul and body. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The confession of faith said by clergy and faithful before receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4712","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4712"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}