Prayer to the Most Holy Mother of God before the Miraculous Zervanytsia Icon

(composed by Metropolitan Athanasius Sheptytsky)

I have come to sit at the place of God's satisfaction, O Mother of Mercy, to behold the greatness of the Heavenly grace given to you by God, His incomprehensible glory and unspeakable mercy, in which I, imperfect and unworthy, desire to praise the Lord and honor and venerate you. You are worthy of the highest honor, you are filled with divine gifts, you, Queen of heaven and earth!

Through your intercession the infirm obtain health from the all‑good Lord, the oppressed by sorrow reach out to God and receive relief from Him; all who honor you in prayer and seek your heavenly protection obtain, through you, the gifts of God. Following the example of those, I, unworthy and penitent, turn to you, Most Pure, hoping for the Lord’s mercy and grace.

Grant me, as you grant to other sinners, at this place of God's satisfaction, assistance and intercede for me, unworthy, before your Only‑Begotten Son, my Lord Jesus Christ, that He, who by his Most Pure Blood redeemed the transgressions and sins of all humanity, may transform the just wrath I have earned for my offenses into His mercy and forgiveness. May He not allow me to perish in my sins, and you, as a guide of divine grace, give me the abundance of that same grace, I who pray: grant the sinner who begs you, in the name of your Only‑Begotten Son, that I may, in His love, with you truly glorify Him for ever and ever. Amen.

Source: kyrios.org.ua