{"id":4717,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/prayer-before-work\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","slug":"prayer-before-work","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/prayers\/prayer-before-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Before Any Work or Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of truth, who <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> everywhere present and <span class=\"pr-t\">fillest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">fill<\/span> all things, Treasury of blessings and Giver of life: come and dwell in us, cleanse us from every stain, and save our souls, O Good One.<\/p>\n<p>O Lord Jesus Christ, only-begotten Son of the unoriginate Father, <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> said with <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> most pure lips that without <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> we can do nothing. O my Lord, Lord, in faith embracing in my soul and heart <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> words, I fall down before <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> goodness: help me, a sinner, to complete the work I now begin, through <span class=\"pr-t\">Thyself<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Yourself<\/span>, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer to begin any task, asking the help of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4717","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4717","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\/4717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/sr-latn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}