A Concord Pastor Comments: NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 4/26

Lord,
I hear we'll have a few more cloudy days
before we see the sun again, so this eventide
no pastel bands of sunset will ease our way
from daylight into night...

Even midnight will be darker
as clouds mask the moon and mute the stars
while city lights are dimmed
by stay-at-home and quarantine
of all but what's essential...

I'm not a child afraid of the dark, Lord:
I'm just a grownup looking for some light,
an adult who sometimes wonders (like a kid, I guess)
where the light has gone
and when it will return...

Remind me, Lord,
remind me over and over again,
remind me as often as I need to be reminded
(and these days, that's fairly often)
remind me that yours is the light
   that overcomes the darkness,
that there is no darkness
   can overcome your light..

No matter how gloomy the night, Lord,
no matter how thick the clouds,
yours is the light no darkness can quench:
with you as my light
the night shall be as bright as day;
with you for my light
the night shall light up my joy!

Remind me, Lord,
remind me over and over again
that yours is the light
   that overcomes the darkness,
that there is no darkness
   can overcome your light..

Amen.

There Is A Light by Cyprian Consiglio

There is a light that can overcome the darkness.
There is no darkness that can overcome the light.

1) Creator of unfailing light

give that same light to those who call you.

May our lives proclaim your goodness

our voices sing your praise forever.

2) Lord Jesus Christ,

you are the true light of the world.

Give us courage, strength and grace

to build a world of justice and peace.

3) May the light of the Holy Spirit

dispel the darkness of our times.

Turn our hatred into love