Lenten Prayer of King Manasseh

[@HickoryDickory86]

In many prayers of repentance in Orthodox services, there is the appeal, "Do not be angry with me forever" and it chokes me up and brings a tear to my eye every time, because it is such childlike cry of the heart to our loving, merciful Father.

[@CaffeinatedCaramel]

I absolutely love that! Beautiful insight.

[@jacobhanson4391]

It’s a beautiful prayer. And to think, this Sovereign of Israel is an Ancestor of Our Lord… The Lord is Compassionate and Merciful. ❤

[@pelopidassumfora6993]

Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner ☦️☦️☦️. Blessed 40 days of lent to all

[@shawnbrewer7]

The Prayer is located in 2 Chronicles Ch 37 of the Orthodox Study Bible because it appears in many copies of the Septuagint there. It is a breathtaking and life-changing prayer.

[@henridib7222]

OMG, i came back from church 2 hours ago and while we were reading the Great Compline, and even though it wasn't my first time reading it, this time that part had a title صلاة منسى ملك اليهودية which means prayer of Manasseh king of Judaism and i had never known anything more about this prayer before. Now i do. Thank you🙏.

[@twitch8703]

May we become humble, Lord be merciful.

[@IsabelLeverington]

Beautiful episode and very much appreciated the effect of watching the opening of the prayer sealed on special paper - that added great anticipation! 🙏

[@gerardgrywacheski1418]

May God grant you a peaceful and spiritually profitable Great Lent!!

[@angeleyes7401]

The prayer of Manasseh is included in the great compline prayers which we’re saying every monday to thursday during Great Lent 😊

[@essboarder23]

I never knew the larger context of this prayer as I got familiar with Orthodox Bibles. Indeed it is a beautiful prayer

[@catalinfulga71]

God bless you for all things that you learn us! You bring us many useful informations.Thank you very much🙏!

[@has25252]

Thank you, I learn something new about Orthodoxy every time I watch your channel!

[@Hastenforthedawm]

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[@Mike-hr6jz]

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[@kevinsusnar7070]

Thank you for the video. This king’s name is mentioned in my lent prayers that I do everyday but I didn’t know who he was but now I do.

[@feeble_stirrings]

Blessed Lent and a good struggle!

[@joshandjamesvosperfromhere6887]

Amen! Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy!!!

[@mrsnkg7904]

Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a

[@jacobfort1266]

Thank you for the video!

[@moasaad]

Beautiful 🙌🏻🙏🏻🕊️

[@lightoflifegames7227]

awesome videos!! 🥰

[@Gesu_Re_dei_re]

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[@napoleon97531]

This prayer is indeed in Orthodox Bibles.

[@CaffeinatedCaramel]

Manasseh shows us we can be forgiven no matter what we have done. I wonder why this beautiful prayer isnt in Protestant bibles though.

[@P-el4zd]

It’s in the following protestant bibles; KJV, RSV, NRSV.

[@Fr.David.TSSF-HorribleHomilies]

Interestingly this prayer is part of the liturgy for Morning Prayer during Lent, in the Church of England's Daily Office (Common Worship)

[@OrthosAlexandros]

I think the tradition that it was Manasseh who commanded saw to Isaiah in half was worth noting in regards to his iniquity and how God still forgave him after his sincere repentance.

[@Patristix]

Yes! We forgot to say that! Manasseh according to tradition was the one who ordered the prophet Isaiah to be sawn in half. To add to it, tradition says that Isaiah was Manasseh's maternal grandfather. And yet, despite it all, his repentance was true and God forgive him.

[@07Mihai07]

Guys, in the first 25 seconds of the clip the volume is low-medium, then HIGH/LOUD when Stephan is not speaking. Please listen to your clips wearing headphones at a high volume and then release the clip online. It would save our eardrums:)

[@CzarLazar1389]

Is this Manasseh a canonised saint in the Orthodox Church? Not to be confused with the Manasseh from Genesis. In my Orthodox Study Bible, it says that Manasseh's reign started evil and ended good.

[@SimpleAmadeus]

I was wondering the same thing, although the title would be "Righteous", and not "Saint", because he was under the Old Covenant.

[@robertidvani4907]

How can one add subtitles in Estonian?

[@Patristix]

If you'd like to volunteer with some Estonian subtitles we'd be happy to have them! Drop us an email at [e-mail] God bless!

[@roberthilsdon3900]

As always thank you for this reflection. - However I do not like mint tea, tried but....

[@processandbeing]

Can you speak to this prayer's claim that the patriarchs didn't sin? Is that in comparison with Manasseh's own singulness or their repose and presence with the lord in sinlessness at Manasseh's time or something else?

[@Patristix]

In comparison. The patriarchs had lived their lives within a direction of serving and following God, whereas Manasseh had spent his entire existence aiming exactly the opposite way. He's saying that when contrasted with him, they were flawless. He's saying he didn't follow in their footsteps and knows that he should have done.

[@WildOlive-mt3it]

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