O Saint Nicholas,
bountiful Father and special Patron of our Byzantine
Catholic Church. You are a shepherd and teacher to all
who invoke your protection, and who, by devout prayer,
call upon you for aid. Hasten and save the flock of
Christ from ravenous wolves; and by your holy prayers
protect all Christians and save them from worldly
disturbances, earthquakes, attacks from abroad, from
internal strife, from famine, flood, fire, sword, and
sudden death. As you had mercy on those three men in
prison and saved them from the king's wrath, now also
have mercy on me who by word, deed, and thought have
sunk into the darkness of sin, Save me from the just
anger of God, and from eternal punishment. Through your
intercession and aid as well as through his own mercy
and grace, may Christ our God allow me to lead a
tranquil and sinless life, and save me from standing at
"his left," but deem me worthy to stand at "his right"
with all the saints. Amen.