NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 12/14

Isaiah's prophecies are often proclaimed in Advent:

 

   Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,  

   with the mountains quaking before you,

   while you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for,

   such as they had not heard of from of old.

   No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you

   doing such deeds for those who wait for him.

      -Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-3 

I remember how, years ago, my deacon, Gregory Burch, connected this text, with a song from West Side Story. Give a listen to the song with the Isaiah's words in mind and then join in our Night Prayer below...

 

Something's Coming by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim

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Could be, who knows?
There's somethin' due any day
I will know right away, soon as it shows
It may come cannonballin' down through the sky
Gleam in its eye, bright as a rose

Who knows? It's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach, under a tree
I got a feelin' there's a miracle due
Gonna come true, comin' to me

Could it be? Yes, it could
Somethin's comin', somethin' good, if I can wait
Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is
But it is gonna be great

With a click, with a shock
Phone'll jingle, door'll knock, open the latch
Somethin's comin', don't know when
But it's soon, catch the moon, one-handed catch

Around the corner
Or whistlin' down the river
Come on, deliver to me
Will it be? Yes, it will
Maybe just by holdin' still, it'll be there

Come on, somethin', come on in, don't be shy
Meet a guy, pull up a chair, the air is hummin'
And somethin' great is comin'
Who knows? It's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach, maybe tonight

Maybe tonight... 

 

Let us pray...

 

On some days, O God, 

I really do need for you to open up the heavens 

and come cannon-balling down into my life 

with all your power, help and healing!

 

But often, Lord,

it's seems you're just out of reach 

when I want so much to take your hand 

and have you lead me safely 

to wherever you might draw me...

 

In these Advent days, 

help me trust something great is coming,

that you are coming into my life

- indeed that you're already here

with your power, healing, help and grace...

 

Open the heavens, Lord, and come down,

come down into my nights and days

with your gentleness and strength...

Open and enter my heart

to wipe away my tears, dispel all my fears 

and do for me not only what I ask

but even more than I might ever dream

or hope for...

 

I pray

and I wait for you, my God,

I wait for you...

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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