NIGHT PRAYER: Memorial Day

(Please play this short piece 

as the beginning of your prayer tonight...)

 

Taps

Taps sounds the end of day in the military 

and Taps sounds the end, the last of days

when the soldier, the sailor, the pilot

completes this life's appointed mission

and is laid to rest 

- until another trumpet sounds the end of time 

and you return, Lord,

to call us to the kingdom of your peace...

As Taps sounds the end of this Memorial Day,

we commend to your love and mercy, Lord,

those who've gone before us,

those who made the great sacrifice,

laying down their lives

for love of their homeland and their neighbor...

As we hear the sound of breath and brass,

remind us, Lord, that each of us is called

to love our neighbor as ourselves,

to share our life as you shared yours,

in loving sacrifice, in mercy and in love...

Protect us, Lord, while we're awake

and watch over us as we sleep

that awake, we might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen.

Tonight's music is a vocal version of Taps, lyrics below.

You'll find a history of Taps here, and of the lyrics here.

 

TAPS: Day is Done by Jari Villanueva

If a video doesn't appear below, click here!

 

Day is done, gone the sun 

From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky 

All is well, safely rest 

God is nigh. 

 

Thanks and praise for our days 

Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky 

As we go, this we know 

God is nigh. 

 

Then goodnight, peaceful night; 

Till the light of the dawn shineth bright. 

God is near, do not fear, friend, goodnight.

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