A Concord Pastor Comments: NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 12/4

One of my favorite prayers was an alternate text found in the former Sacramentary. Alas, those alternate prayers are not to be found in the Missal we now use at Mass. But there's no reason that we shouldn't benefit from these beautiful words tonight, here in our virtual chapel...

Father in heaven,

   our hearts desire
       the warmth of your love

   and our minds are searching

       for the light of your Word...

Increase our longing for Christ our Savior

  and give us the strength to grow in love,

that the dawn of his coming
  may find us rejoicing in his presence

       and welcoming the light of his truth...

Stir up in my heart, O Lord,

a desire for the warmth

only your love can bring...

Inspire me, Lord,

to find in your Word

the gift of your truth and wisdom...

May tomorrow find me

searching for you

in the dawn of your gracious light...

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.

Tonight's music is not a hymn - it's from the soundtrack of the film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It's a song about transformation and about being willing to be transformed - so it's a good song for Advent...

The Dawn is Coming by Jose Gonzalez

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There's a rhythm and rush these daysWhere the lights don't move

and the colors don't fadeLeaves you empty with nothing but dreamsIn a world gone shallowIn a world gone lean

Sometimes there's things a man cannot knowThe gears won't turn and the leaves won't growThere's no place to run and no gasolineEngine won't turn and the train won't leaveEngines won't turn and the train won't leave

I will stay with you tonightHold you close 'til the morning lightIn the morning watch a new day riseWe'll do whatever just to stay aliveWe'll do whatever just to stay alive

Well the way I feel is the way I writeIt isn't like the thoughts of the man who liesThere is a truth and it's on our sideDawn is comingOpen your eyesLook into the sun as the new days rise

And I will wait for you tonightYou're here forever and you're by my sideI've been waiting all my lifeTo feel your heart as it's keeping timeWe'll do whatever just to stay alive

Source: PrayCatholic

Dawn is coming Open your eyesDawn is coming Open your eyesDawn is coming Open your eyesDawn is coming Open your eyes

Look into the sun as the new days rise

There's a rhythm and rush these daysWhere the lights don't move

and the colors don't fadeLeaves you empty with nothing but dreamsIn a world gone shallowIn a world gone leanBut there is a truth and it's on our sideDawn is coming Open your eyesLook into the sun as the new days rise

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