NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 10/1

A strange and ancient change in calendars

makes October our tenth month

though by name it would be eighth

and so I wish it were

for I would love to find and gain two months

for making up for all we lost this year...

 

Still, it's the first of the tenth, not the eighth, today

and with that I must be satisfied and know

that three months hence this year will disappear,

a new one will arrive, 

a new beginning,

as we shall call it...

 

But what of this year's ending, Lord,

these last three months, these 90 days 

before we sing the auld lang syne -

what shall we make of this last quarter?

A time to marvel at the hues

of falling leaves, apples picked

and chrysanthemums in bloom...

 

A time to pull on sweaters, 

hats and gloves, all warm 

against November's chill... 

A time for giving thanks 

at tables blest

with family, friends and food...

A time for starry nights,

for pine bough wreaths upon our doors

and candles lit in merry vigil...

A time for days made holy,

by harvest, hope and spirits high

and prayers for what's ahead...

Enough, indeed, to fill three months,

these sacred 90 days,

the last of this year's burden...

So, on the first of this tenth month, Lord,

bless the days and weeks ahead

with your presence, power and peace...

Brace us for the winter,

for a new year of your grace:

a new beginning's what we need, Lord,

a sweet new year is what we pray...

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.

 

The Beginning and the End by Liam Lawton

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You come in word and sacrament,

you come to us heaven sent, 

You are the Beginning, you are the End. 

 

We are the branches, you  the vine,

you come in symbol and in sign,

You are the Beginning, you are the End.

O holy Lord, O holy Lord!

You are our joy; what love you bring!

You are the truth in everything,

today and tomorrow, world without end.

 

You are the God of pow’r and might;

You are the Source of endless light,

You are the Beginning, you are the End.

O holy Lord, O holy Lord!

You heal our brokenness and fear;

sweet Consolation, come, draw near.

You are the Beginning, you are the End.

 

Your Body, known in humble bread,

your saving Blood, freely shed.

You are the Beginning, you are the End.

O holy Lord, O holy Lord!

You are our joy so we ask you, Lord of all,

be our Light as shadows fall.

Be our Light!  Be our Light!

 

You are our joy; what love you bring!

You are Truth in everything,

today and tomorrow, world without end.

 

You are God of pow’r and might

you are the Source of endless Light

You are the Beginning, you are the End.

O holy Lord, O holy Lord!

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