NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 5/2

(On Sundays, Night Prayer takes its inspiration from

an element of that day's mass. Tonight we'll pray with

Liam Lawton's song, I Will Be the Vine.)

 

So much beauty, Lord, 

in the lyrics and music of today's Communion song:

    you, the vine and we, the branches;

    you living in us, we living in you - forever; 

    asking and receiving;

    loving and giving, loving in giving all... 

 

But the words that stay with me, Lord,

speak the promise in the refrain:

      you offer us many chances...

 

What would I do, Lord,

how would I make it

what hope would be mine

apart from the many chances,

the second, third, fourth, fifth, 

who-knows-how-many-chances

you offer me over and over again?

How would I survive 

apart from your grace washing me clean,

giving me a new start, a new beginning,

inviting me to try and try and try again?

Truth be told, Lord, 

I live my life from day to day

making my way from yesterday to tomrrow,

all on the many chances you offer me:

chances to repent and change,

chances to begin to live again

according to your word and our grace

wherever your Spirit might lead me...

Even when I, the branch, 

fall from you, my Vine,

you give me another chance, Lord:

you graft me back to yourself, connecting me

to your touch, your life, your love...

Remain in me, Lord,

and help me do your will,

that I might remain in you

and have the life you promise...

 

Protect me, Lord, when I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen.

 

(Two songs this evening: the Communion hymn

from today's Mass followed by  an orchestral 

version of the same beautiful song.)

I Will Be the Vine by Liam Lawton

I will be the vine and you will be the branches. 

All you who live in me will never, never die.

I will be the sign, I will offer many chances;

So live, oh live in me and you shall have new life. 

 

Remain in me as I remain in you.

You may ask what you will,

Ask what you will, and you shall receive.

 

As the Father loved me, so have I loved you.

Remain in my love, remain in my love,

And I will give you life. 

 

If you are my friends, you will live my commands.

There is no greater love, no greater love

Than to lay down your life for your friends.

 

 

I Will Be The Vine (Orchestral) by Liam Lawton

    arranged by Mark Cahill 

 

 

 

 

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