NIGHT PRAYER: Friday 5/29

Lord...

When I take for granted
all that I have:
help me find
my deepest joys -
in the simple things of life...

When I want more and more,
so much more than I need:
help me remember 
the joy that's mine
in the simplest of my possessions...

When I want what I want
- and must have it now -
then help me remember
the joys at hand -
in all that I already have...

When greed and envy
spoil my heart:
help me cherish
true peace
in the simple joys

that heal and fill my soul... 

 

And remind me, Lord,

to share with others

the bounty that's mine:

the joys I've known

and joys yet to come,

the joy that I find

in your and your love... 

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. 

Simple Song from MASS  

    by Leonard Bernstein

        sung by Alan Titus

 

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Sing God a simple song, lauda laude*
Make it up as you go along, lauda laude
Sing like you like to sing, 

God loves all simple things.
For God is the simplest of all, 

For God is the simplest of all.

 

I will sing the Lord a new song, 

to praise him, to bless him, to bless the Lord.
I will sing his praises while I live, 

all of my days.

 

Blessed is the man who loves the Lord,
Blessed is the man who praises him.
Lauda, lauda, laude, 

and walks in his ways.

 

I will lift up my eyes, 

to the hills from which comes my help.
I will lift up my voice to the Lord, 

singing lauda, laude.

 

For the Lord is my shade, 

is the shade upon my right hand.
And the sun shall not smite me by day, 

or the moon by night.

 

Blessed is the man who loves the Lord 

lauda, lauda, laude,
And walks in his ways.

 

Lauda, lauda, laude, 

lauda, lauda di da di day
All of my days

* Lauda, Laudē = praise!

 

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