NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 4/30

On Sundays, Night Prayer will focus on an element from the day's celebration of Mass. Tonight we'll pray for the help of the Good Shepherd who searches out and finds us, his sheep, when we're lost...

We'll begin with some words from Entering the Silence, by the great spiritual writer, Thomas Merton.

Good Shepherd,

you have in me a wild and crazy sheep

in love with thorns and brambles.

But please don’t get tired of looking for me!

I know you won’t.

You have found me.

All I have to do is stay found.

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You know better than I, Lord,

the brambles where I ramble

and the thorns that scratch my soul

and wound the tender flesh 

your love once bared for me...

 

You know how often and how easily

I go astray, 

go my own way 

and end up lost, 

alone 

and longing 

just to hear your voice

calling me by name 

and finding me again

and again and again

- as you have found me now...

 

I know you won't give up on me

- I know you never have.

You've found me, Lord, 

and now, all I need do

- is stay found...

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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This is not a hymn, its from the musical  Dear Evan Hansen,

    a song about being lost - and being found.  

It's a song I hear as a prayer, a blessing to listen to

    in light of Merton's prayer and today's Good Shepherd Sunday...

 

You Will Be Found by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

 

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Have you ever felt like nobody was there?
Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere?
Have you ever felt like you could disappear?
Like you could fall, and no one would hear?

 

Well, let that lonely feeling wash away
Maybe there's a reason to believe you'll be okay
'Cause when you don't feel strong enough to stand
You can reach, reach out your hand

 

And oh, someone will coming running
And I know, they'll take you home

 

Even when the dark comes crashing through
When you need a friend to carry you
And when you're broken on the ground
You will be found

 
So let the sun come streaming in
'Cause you'll reach up and you'll rise again
Lift your head and look around
You will be found...

 

There's a place where we don't have to feel unknown
And every time that you call out
You're a little less alone
If you only say the word
From across the silence your voice is heard

 

Oh, someone will come running

to take you home

Even when the dark comes crashing through
When you need a friend to carry you
When you're broken on the ground
You will be found
So let the sun come streaming in
'Cause you'll reach up and you'll rise again
If you only look around
You will be found 

(You will be found)...

 

Out of the shadows
The morning is breaking
And all is new, all is new
It's filling up the empty
And suddenly I see that
All is new, all is new

You are not alone 

(You are not alone)...

Even when the dark comes crashin' through
When you need someone to carry you
When you're broken on the ground
You will be found!
So when the sun comes streaming in
'Cause you'll reach up and you'll rise again
If you only look around
You will be found....

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