NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 3/11

Praying on the night we move our clocks ahead

    for Daylight Saving Time 

 

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

 

Like Dali's clocks melting away, 

losing their power to mark the time,

to order and measure with any precision

the passing of nights and days 

so my clock, too, and all too often,
tick-tocks at a snail's pace 

or races with abandon 

past my grip, beyond my grasp

until I lose all sense

of what the hour, the day may be

and I wonder, as I often do,

when my time will be done....

But the persistence of memories, Lord,

roots me in the here and now,

reminding me of what has been

but will not be again...  

 

It's in my memories, Lord, 

that time stands still just long enough 

for me to thank you

for my graced and gifted past...

And it's my memories, Lord, 

that give me hope of minutes, hours, days,

of time still yet to come, 

to spend to share, to live, to love... 

 

Be my time keeper, Lord:

    save my time from foolish wasting;

    make more time for me to pray;

    use your time to heal my wounds;

    tell me when it's time to change;

    keep my step in time with yours;

    time after time, forgive my sins;

    as time goes by, please let me see

        how precious is the time that's mine...

 

Be the Lord of all my time, Lord,

every minute, every hour,

'til I pass beyond all mortal time

to timelessness with 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.

Tonight's song is Day By Day - but NOT the one

you know - give a listen to this new musical setting

of the familiar lyrics...

 

Day By Day by Victor Johnson

 

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Day by day, day by day,

Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray:

    to see thee more clearly,

    love thee more dearly,

    follow thee more nearly,

day by day...

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