NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 8/3

 

Lord, I know I'm made in your image and likeness

but I also know how many are the ways in which:

    you are God - and I am not!

 

You're infinite:

    and though my soul's eternal

    I'm a finite human being...

 

You're omnipotent,

    while I'm quite weak 

    and any strength I have is gift from you...

 

You're all-loving:

    while I of stingy heart

    am selfish in the ways I care for others...

 

You don't need, you never ask for

and you never go on vacation, Lord

    - while I take off all the time I can! 

 

You've never taken a  day off:

    you spend your Sabbath rest listening

    to our praise and our petitions...

 

You've never taken a day off 

    from watching over me 

and over every finite human being 

    who ever was, who lives tonight

    and who one day will be born...

 

You're always open for business, Lord, 24/7/365:

    you never take a nap,

        you neither sleep nor slumber;

    you keep vigil all night long

        and every day at dawn 

    you're there to greet me when I awake...

                                                                                                                         

You created all vacation spots

but visit none as tourist

for you live in every place and there you wait:

    you wait for me, until I come, 

    you wait to greet me, to welcome me,

        to make me feel at home...

The closest you come to vacation, Lord,

is truly a busman's holiday: 

    taking time off with us,

        we, your sons and daughters;

    serving as our guide and host, 

        showing us the way;

    bringing us back home again

        to work, to prayer, to you...

 

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.

 

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