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You, O My Soul, Have Sold Yourself

I have disobeyed the will of God my Father by defiling His image within me.

I confess my sins to You, O Christ, my King: like Joseph’s brothers have I sold into slavery him who was chaste and pure.

As a type of our Lord, righteous Joseph was cast out by his brothers and sold into slavery, while you, O  my soul, have sold yourself into your own evil hands.

O suffering and hopeless soul, imitate the purity of mind in righteous Joseph, and do not sin by being led astray by irrational desires.

Joseph’s being placed in a pit formed an image of Your burial and resurrection, Lord and Master. Will I ever be able to endure such things for Your sake?

~ Canon of St. Andrew, from Ode 5 for Monday