Sometimes the neophytes have a desire to pray for the sins of their kind. And the search for information on the Internet begins, deepening into it without the advice of a confessor, studying. Ultimately, this ends with either disappointment or wild confusion in the head of the new Christian.
Is there a prayer for your kind? Let's talk about this in an article.
Information on the Internet
According to the World Wide Web, there are more than a dozen prayers for the race. On each site you can find one or another option. And nothing that they are all intertwined with some incomprehensible words. The main thing is the mention of the name of the Lord, the Virgin and the word "amen" at the end.
This is sarcasm, we ask no offense. Pseudo-prayers found on all kinds of sites are not related to the present. Do not rush to enter the phrase "prayer for your kind" into the search engine. After reading this article, you will understand why.
How to pray?
Do you read the morning rule? Remember, there are prayers for health and repose at the end. The first version lists all relatives, mentors, benefactors, and superiors. In other words, all those you know. In prayer for repose, the dead relatives and all acquaintances are remembered.
This is one of the simplest prayers for family and friends. And at the same time she is regular. After all, we read morning prayers (or try to read) daily.
Not sure what this is about? And what kind of prayers are these? It's okay, now you'll find out. The texts are especially for those who are far from God, but striving for Him with all their souls:
Prayer for health.
God save and have mercy on your servants: my parents (names), relatives (names), superiors, mentors, benefactors. And all Orthodox Christians.
Prayer for repose.
God rest the souls of the dead thy servant: my parents (names). relatives (names), benefactors (names) and all Orthodox Christians. And forgive them all sins, free and not free. And grant them the kingdom of heaven.
There she is, a prayer for her kind. Short, simple and clear. And you do not need to look for some complex prayers that are incomprehensible to the prayer.
How to pray for the sins of the race?
Go to the monastery and there, beg the living and the deceased until the seventh generation. No, this is not a joke. It is believed that a monk is a sacrifice to God from the clan. And he carries out a prayer for his family to the seventh generation.
Do not want to go to the monastery? Then confine yourself to the morning commemoration, reading the Gospel of health and the Psalms of repose.
How to remember relatives in the gospel?
Everything is simple. Read a chapter of the gospel daily. And rush in prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ. Ask him about the health of his family, now living on earth. List their names after reading the chapter as follows:
Lord, save and have mercy on your servants (names), and all my relatives.
Here is your prayer for all the loved ones you know and don’t know.
Prayer for the departed at the Psalms
Prayer for the near and dear ones who have departed into the eternal world is carried out at the Psalms. Just a warning, all relatives should be baptized. The Psalter is a very powerful thing that drives demons away. According to her, it is desirable to remember the closest and at the end of the listing of names add: "And all the deceased relatives."
How to do this? Every day read one Glory, gradually learn to read kathisma. Kathisma (chapter) consists of three Glories. The first is about health, the second is about repose, the third is for all living benefactors, friends, acquaintances.
If you read the chapter from the Gospel about health and the repose from the Psalter about repose, this is a serious commemoration for loved ones on both sides.
How else to pray?
Prayer for his family as such does not exist. Those who wish to pray for the relatives of the living and the deceased have a road to the monastery. A layman can help both those and others by submitting notes for them about health and repose. Orders of shrikes, requiem, lithium.
Want to help deceased relatives? Read the akathist about the repose of all the departed. No time or opportunity to read? Listen and pray. The video is given in the article.
Additional obligations
If prayer for your kind does not exist, then how to help your family? For example, a brother washed down and his family is on the verge of collapse. Or nephews have problems. Or the daughter of the third husband of the fourth grandmother’s sister is not all right.
Read the akathist. It may be an akathist to Jesus the Sweetest. Ask for help from the Virgin. And here the question always arises: what exactly image to flow with prayer? There is no difference, the Mother of God is one. Drawn to the Kazan icon? Read her akathist. Do you like Vladimirskaya or the Spuruchnitsa sinners? Read akathists before these images. The main thing is with faith and sincerely.
Ask for the help of the saints. Turn to the Matrona of Moscow, she helps in all needs. Pray to Sergius of Radonezh. Ask for help from Ksenia of Petersburg, Spiridon of Trimyphuntes, Hieromartyr Blasius, Paphnutius of Borovsky. Any saint whom you especially revere.
Pray to your patron saint. Bear the name Alexander? Ask for his help. Or pray to the patron saint of the person for whom you are praying.
And do not forget about the prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Summarize
In the article, we talked about how to pray for a clan. There is no particular prayer for your kind. But there is a Lord who hears all our sincere prayers and requests.
We highlight the main aspects:
Read morning prayers for the health and repose of loved ones. They are short but effective. If read from the heart.
It will be useful to read the akathist on the repose of all the dead.
Submit notes in the temples about the living and deceased relatives.
Order prayers and magpies for health.
Do not shun funeral services for deceased relatives.
Conclusion
Now it becomes clear why you should not look for the miraculous prayer for your kind on the Internet. It does not exist simply.
The most powerful help for loved ones on both sides (living and dead) is a sincere prayer for them. Heart commemoration. Read akathists, they will not be superfluous.
And once again, we remind you that it is better to coordinate all the additional home prayers, such as akathists, with the priest, whom you confess. It is not advisable to take on additional prayer rules.