NIGHT PRAYER: All Saints Day 11/1

(Today we celebrate all the saints, not just the canonized but ALL holy men and women who have gone hometo be with God forever.   Today's Night Prayer is intended to help us remember all those who have been saints in our lives and whom we celebrate today.

Tonight, Lord, I thank you

    for all the saints I've known in my own life...

 

I praise and thank you for those:

who gave me life...

who loved me...

who raised me...

who first told me of Jesus...

 

who brought me up in the ways of faith...

 

who taught me to pray...

      who prayed with me and for me...

who educated me... 

who protected me...

who schooled me in fairness...

who taught me to love my neighbor...

whose patience blessed me...

who taught me to tell the truth...

who forgave me...

who gave me good example...

who believed in me...

who shared their joy with me...

who touched my soul in so many ways...

who healed my heart...

whose integrity shaped my standards...

who remembered me...

who befriended me...

who lived a life faithful to the gospel...

whose example inspired me...

who sacrificed for me...

who are part of my best memories...

whose wisdom was born of the Spirit...

who kept my secrets...

who comforted me...

     who told me the uncomfortable truth...

who encouraged me...

who defended me...

whose life modeled fidelity...

whose courage made me brave...

who were there for me through thick and thin...

who taught me to have hope...

who trusted me...

who cared for me more than for themselves...

who held me in their arms...

     who patiently endured my foolishness...

who nurtured my gifts and talents...

who had my back...

who gave me a second chance - and many more...

who guided me through hard times...

who were my rock and my refuge...

      who waited for me with patience...

who challenged me to do my best...

who cared for me when I was sick...

who helped me become the person I am...

who prayed for me...

who loved me... 

Such as these are the saints in my life, Lord,

the holy men and women I have known

and for whom I give you thanks and praise...

 

Help me to be a saint like them

in your eyes, Lord, and in my own day,

and in the lives of those around me...

Protect me, Lord, while 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.

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The Servant Song by Richard Gillad

    performed by MQP Parish

Will you let me be your servant
Let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant too.

We are pilgrims on the journey
We are travelers on the road
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.

I will hold the Christ-light for you
In the nighttime of your fear
I will hold my hand out to you
Speak the peace you long to hear.

I will weep when you are weeping
When you laugh, I’ll laugh with you
I will share your joy and sorrow
Till we’ve seen this journey through.

When we sing to God in heaven
We shall find such harmony
Born to all we’ve known together
Of Christ’s love and agony.

Will you let me be your servant
Let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant too.

 

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