NIGHT PRAYER: Friday 9/6

At the end of yet another day, Lord,

    I find myself looking back on the past 24 hours

        and needing to catch up on so many things...

I need to catch up 

    on the time I failed to give to prayer today,

        the time I failed to find for you and me

            to sit and talk or just be quiet together...

 

I need to catch up 

    on opportunities I missed

        to serve someone in need

or to welcome someone's help,

    someone reaching out to me...

I need to catch up 

    on things I missed or let go by,

times when I was in a hurry

    or preoccupied with - me...

I need to catch up, Lord,

    on doing some self-care

in tending to my body

    in a balanced, healthy way...

I need to catch up

    with what's new out in the world,

with what's harming and what's helping 

    my neighbors 'round the globe...

I need to catch up, Lord,

    with the plan you have for me,

with the words you whisper in my heart,

    to guide me on my way...

I'm grateful, Lord,

    that when I fall so far behind,

you're always there to meet me

    in my catching up with you...

 

O Beauty, ever ancient, ever new,

    you're always by my side;

help me catch up and surrender

    to your open, loving arms...

 

Protect me, Lord, while I'm catching up

    and watch over me when I'm fast asleep

that awake, I might keep watch for you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen. 

I searched for "condiment hymns" but found nothing 

under catsup, mustard or relish!  But Roc O'Connor's

beautiful setting of Saint Augustine's prayer seems

just right for this evening's prayer...

O Beauty, Ever Ancient by Roc O'Connor

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