A Concord Pastor Comments: NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 10/2

With our Jewish friends and neighbors we've been praying Yom Kippur which, at sundown this evening, comes to a close. The prayer below is a traditional Jewish night prayer so it seem perfect tonight as we close our celebration of the Feast of the Guardian Angels.

Praised are You, Lord my God,

King of the universe,

who brings sleep to my eyes

and slumber to my eyelids...

May it be Your will

O Lord and God of my ancestors,

that I lie down in peace

and awake in peace...

Let my sleep be undisturbed

by troubling thoughts, bad dreams,

and wicked schemes...

May I have a night of tranquil slumber...

May I awaken to the light of a new day

and my eyes behold

the splendor of Your light...

Praised are You, O Lord,

whose glory gives light to the whole world...

Praised is the Lord by day

and praised by night,

praised when we lie down

and praised when we rise up...

In Your hand are the souls

of the living and the dead,

the life of every creature,

the breath of all flesh...

Into Your hands I entrust my spirit:

redeem me, Lord and God of all truth...

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.

The lyrics of this song are part of Jewish night prayer. While scriptures name Michael, Gabrial and Raphael as archangels - Uriel is found only apocryphal books and in Jewish piety.

B'shem Hashem by John Michael Bullock

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