NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 11/21

On Sundays, Night Prayer will focus on an element from the day's celebration of Mass, today, the feast of Christ the King.  Jesus seeks to reign over our hearts with his love and mercy, to rule our words and deeds with the grace of his Spirit.

 

I have but one heart, Lord,

but many are its suitors, seeking to seduce me

to follow any way but yours,

to heed any word except the word of love

you whisper in my heart

where you seek to stake your claim

on me and all that I am,

all I have

and all that I might be...

'Twas you who fashioned my heart, Lord,

and so it belongs to you and no one else,

I cannot even claim it as my own 

for it's on loan, in trust, from you:

a gift I don't deserve, a gift you ask me to preserve

until the day that my heart's one with yours

and yours is one with mine...

 

Break into my heart, Lord,

break in and let your mercy reign and rule

and make of me, at last, 

the person you created me to be...

 

Have dominion over my life, Lord:

be the sovereign of my words and deeds,

my thoughts and dreams,

my hopes and schemes,

the whole of who I am...

 

Enthrone yourself within my soul, Lord,

and make of me a loyal subject:

grateful for your love,

faithful to your word

and humbled by your presence in my heart...

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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