NIGHT PRAYER: Friday 11/28

At sundown tomorrow, Lord, 

    Advent begins

        - and with it a new year of grace!   

 

Ready me now for a new beginning, 

yet one more chance:
    to do what's just, to love what's good 

        and to walk humbly at your side;

to live my life a day at a time,

    desiring, always, 

        to do the next right thing... 

 

Level whatever stands in the way

    of my loving you, my Lord and my God

        with all of my mind, my heart and my soul

    and of loving my neighbor as myself...

Clear me a path to walk with you, Lord, 

    by the light of your word,

    by the truth of your promise,

blessed by your mercy, 

    your wisdom and grace...

Goodbye to the past, Lord,

    the old year of grace! 

Forgive me my sins 

    and refresh my resolve

to be and become the person you made

    the person you'll call me to be

        in the new year of grace just ahead...

 

I heartily welcome this new year of grace, 

    and all it may bring, for weal or for woe

for in all things, Lord, in joy and in sorrow,

    you come to me with healing and peace... 

 

Protect me tonight while I like awake, Lord

    and watch over me as I sleep

that awake I night keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen.

 

Tonight's song was written for the beginning of civil new year but it also works very well for the beginning of the new liturgical year, the new year of grace...

 

New Year of Grace by Arrow Prayers

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A new day is dawning, the old has gone,
God’s mercies awaken with each new dawn.
Behold, he is doing a work brand new,

Making streams in the desert, his promise is true.

 

Great is his faithfulness, morning by morning,

Hope for tomorrow, his love never ending.

Plans to give us a future so bright,

In this New Year of grace, we walk in his light.

 

Through trials and shadows, His hand will guide,

Each step of the journey, He’s by our side.

For we know the plans He has are good,

A firm foundation where we’ve always stood.

 

Great is his faithfulness, morning by morning,

Hope for tomorrow, his love never ending.

Plans to give us a future so bright,

In this New Year of grace, we walk in his light.

 

So we’ll trust in the Lord with all of our hearts,

Lean not on our ways, let His path start.

The old is behind us, the new has begun,

We’ll run the race till His kingdom comes.

 

Great is his faithfulness, morning by morning,

Hope for tomorrow, his love never ending.

Plans to give us a future so bright,

In this New Year of grace, we walk in his light.

  

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