7/23/21

NIGHT PRAYER: Friday 7/23

 
Over the years I've posted this prayer several times.  It's taken from: 
A New Zealand Prayer Book (He Karakia Mihinare o AotearoaI suggest you pray the text very slowly, three or four times - or more, with Ravel's peace-filled Pavane as the musical setting for your prayer... These are words to take your time with...

Pavane by Maurice Ravel performed by Lyon National Orchestra


It is night...

The night is for stillness...
     Let us be still in the presence of God...

It is night after a long day.
     What has been done has been done;
     what has not been done has not been done:
     let it be...

The night is dark...
     Let our fears of the darkness,
     of the world
     and of our own lives
     rest in you...

The night is quiet...
     Let the quietness of your peace enfold us,
     all dear to us,
     and all who have no peace...

The night heralds the dawn...
     Let us look expectantly to a new day,
     new joys,
     new possibilities...

In your name, O God, we pray... 
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Protect us, Lord, while we're awake
and watch over us as we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, await the new day's dawn...

Amen.

  

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