Ode 8. Irmos.

‘When a tyrant’s word prevailed, the furnace once was heated sevenfold; in which the Youths, trampling on the King’s decree, were not consumed, but cried: All you works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages’.

Emptying out our tears like myrrh for Christ, who is brought to birth for us in flesh, let us purify the stains of the flesh, as in purity we approach the Immaculate and cry: All you works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages’.

With tears of pitiable sorrow may we escape the tears of the dread punishment to come, as we grasp the feet of Christ, who is placed as a babe in swaddling clothes, and cry: All you works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages.

Knowing that ransom is effected by his own compassion and a fount of tears, let us believers, washed clean through confession, approach Christ, who is brought to birth in the flesh, as we cry: All you works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and highly exalt him to all the ages.