On Sundays, Night Prayer takes its lead from some element from the day's liturgy: today from the Psalm after the first reading...
Lord, come and save us!The Lord God keeps faith forever,secures justice for the oppressed,gives food to the hungry.The Lord sets captives free.The Lord gives sight to the blind;the Lord raises up those who were bowed down.The Lord loves the just;the Lord protects strangers.The fatherless and the widow he sustains,but the way of the wicked he thwarts.The Lord shall reign forever;Lord, come and save us!your God, O Zion, through all generations.
From violence and bullying,
from harm and abuse,
in our towns, homes and streets,
Lord, come and save us!
From terrorism and war,
from death and destruction
east and west, north and south,
Lord, come and save us!
From mean speech and insults,
from lies and half-truths
in conversations public and private,
Lord, come and save us!
From greed and consumption,
from hoarding and wasting
in the world and in my heart,
Lord, come and save us!
From oppression and persecution,
from fascism and racism,
from tyranny and autocracy,
Lord, come and save us!
From neglect and carelessness,
from indifference and complacency
from hardheartedness and apathy
Lord, come and save us!
From inequity and injustice,
from villainy and wrongdoing,
from dereliction and grifting,
Lord, come and save us!
From all that blinds us to your truth,
from all that slows our growth and change,
from all that keeps us from your love,
Lord, come and save us!
Protect us, Lord while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
Lord, Come and Save Us by Tom Kendzia
performed by Christ the King Catholic Church
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Hearken, O Shepherd of Israel;
Shine forth before your people.
Rouse your power and come to save us.
Let your face shine upon us, and we will be saved.
Lord, make us turn to you; let us be saved.
Let your face shine upon us and bring us to you.
Hear us, O come to our aid.
Once again, O Lord of hosts,
look down from heaven and see.
Care for your vine,
protect what your right hand has planted.
May your hand be on us,
your hand that makes us strong;
then we will no longer stray from you.
Give us new life, give us new life
and we will call upon your name.
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