The Eucharistic Rites and Ceremonies in the Coptic Church
Appendix No 4 the Mystery of the Gospel
The Liturgy of the Catechumens
O You Who are long-suffering, abundant in mercy and evertrue, accept from us our prayers and supplications, receive our entreatings and repentance and confession upon Your holy undefiled heavenly stainless altar: may we be made worthy to hear Your holy gospels, and may we keep Your precepts and commandments, and bring forth fruits therein, a hundred-fold and sixty-fold and thirty-fold in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Remember, O Lord, the sick of the people; attend them with Your tender mercy and loving-kindness, heal them.
Remember, O Lord, our fathers and brethren who are traveling, bring them back to their homes in peace and safety.
(At the time of sowing) Remember, O Lord, the sowings, the herbs and the plants of the fields, may they grow and multiply.
(At the time of harvest) remember, O Lord, the atmospheric changes of the air and the fruits of the earth, bless them
(At the time of the rising of the Nile) Remember, O Lord, the waters of the river, bless them, and bring them up to their right measure.
Remember, O Lord, the safety of man and beast; do You save them all.
Remember, O Lord, the safety of this time holy place, and all
the places and all the monasteries of our Orthodox fathers; do You save them from all evil.
Remember, O Lord, the Christ-loving (N) servant, the (president) of our land; keep him in peace, justice and power.
Remember, O Lord, those who are in bondage; save them all.
Remember, O Lord, those who suffer under afflictions and adversity, save them from all their tribulations.
Remember, O Lord, our fathers and brethren who have slept and reposed in the Orthodox faith, give rest to all their souls.
Remember, O Lord, them who have offered these oblations to You, them for whom they have been offered, and them by whom they are offered, give them all the heavenly recompense.
Remember, O Lord, the catechumens of Your people; have mercy upon them; confirm them in faith in You, uproot from their hearts all trace of idolatry; strengthen in their hearts Your law, Your fear, Your precepts, Your truths, Your holy commandments, grant them a firm knowledge of the words preached to them. And at the appointed time may they be worthy of the washing of the new birth for the remission of their sins. Prepare them to be a temple for Your Holy Spirit.