NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 6/27

This afternoon I wrote to two friends for whom this calendar date is a special and difficult one.  While writing, I thought of so many others I know whose hearts are heavy if not because of this particular date, then for what's happening right now in their lives. So I've rewritten my note to my friends as a Night Prayer for any and all whose hearts may be troubled today...

Our hearts, O Lord,

    are strong, 

        torturous, 

            sensitive, 

                vulnerable places

where all manner of

    loves, 

        memories, 

            emotions 

                and secrets

are carefully 

    kept and stored,

        guarded and preserved, 

            wrestled and treasured, 

                nursed and healed...

 

I hold in my prayer this evening, Lord,

     friends whose hearts are heavy

for missing the lightness and joy they've known

    in sharing their hearts with those they love...

Your heart, O Lord, enfolds us all,

    holding us close in your merciful arms:

embrace us and whisper your blessing of peace

    to heal and heal and heal again

        the wounds that never seem to close...

 

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. 

 

Spirit, Open My Heart

    Lyrics by Ruth Duck, arranged by Alfred Fedak

 

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Spirit open my heart
To the joy and pain of living
As you love may I love
In receiving and in giving
Spirit, open my heart

1 God, replace my stony heart
with a heart that's kind and tender.
All my coldness and fear
to your grace I now surrender.

2 Write your love upon my heart
as my law, my goal, my story.
In each thought, word, and deed,
may my living bring you glory.

 Interlude

3 May I weep with those who weep,
share the joy of sister, brother.
In the welcome of Christ,
may we welcome one another.

 

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