NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 2/11

On Sundays, Night Prayer takes it lead from an element of the day's liturgy.  The gospel at mass today gave us the story of Jesus healing a man of leprosy.  That passage brought to mind the song, The Summons and a line from its lyrics, "Will you kiss the leper clean?"  John Bell's song asks many other questions, too!  Tonight's prayer then, is the song - and its questions.  I suggest you might listen/pray through this song several times... Which of the questions is most challenging for you?  Why is that so?  How might you pray the Lord's grace to help you n responding to that question?

The Summons by Graham Maule and John Bell

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Will you come and follow me
If I but call your name?
Will you go where you don't know
And never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown,
Will you let my name be known,
Will you let my life be grown
In you and you in me? 

Will you leave yourself behind
If I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind
And never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare
Should your life attract or scare?
Will you let me answer prayer
In you and you in me? 

Will you let the blinded see
If I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free
And never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean,
And do such as this unseen,
And admit to what I mean
In you and you in me? 

Will you love the 'you' you hide
If I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside
And never be the same?
Will you use the faith you've found
To reshape the world around,
Through my sight and touch and sound
In you and you in me? 

Lord, your summons echoes true
When you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you
And never be the same.
In your company I'll go
Where your love and footsteps show.
Thus I'll move and live and grow
In you and you in me.

Don't let me be overwhelmed by your questions, Lord!
They offer an agenda for a lifetime...
Just help me consider them, ponder them
    and take them seriously, a day at a time...

And as always, Lord...
Protect me while I'm still awake
    and watch over me as I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you, 
    and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen.

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