Prayer to the Martyr Laurentius of Rome

O Most Holy and faithful passion-bearer of Christ, Archdeacon Laurentius! Praising your faith and sufferings, we honor your victory and crowned passage as a burning ember from the darkness of this world to the everlasting light of the Throne of the Majesty of God. In the same way, we beseech thee: just as thou didst establish thy miracles by thy miracles of old that flowed with faith to thy protection, so mayst thou receive us under thy protection, and in our sickness and sorrows mayst thou be our intercessor, and as thou didst heal us from the blindness of our bodily eyes by the laying down of thy hands, so mayst thou heal us by thy intercession at the Throne of God and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and in the presence of the Holy Spirit. our mental blindness. Look upon our physical and spiritual relaxation, and strengthen us with vigor against the enemies of our visible and invisible ones, who are depressing us with adversities, so that by your help the path of our short-lived life may pass away, undefeated from troubles and sorrows and every fierce situation, and we may attain the unassailable glory of the majesty of God, where we stand and pray with boldness for people who by faith to thee, and singing praises of the wondrous God of Israel in the saints for ever and ever. Amen.