NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 11/6

 

November is the Month of All Souls, a time set apart to pray for those who have died.  Some will find this a time of renewed grief, others will find it a time of consolation and still others will both grieve and take comfort in praying for their loved ones, now gone home to God.  

I trust in you, Lord,

in your gift of mercy

and your promise of life

that will have no end...

And at the same time, Lord,

I worry for those 

    who have slipped from my arms,

I worry for them 

    and the journey that's theirs

from my embrace into yours...

I trust in you, Lord,

    and the places you've promised,

the rooms you've prepared

    in your Father's house

but just as I worried on many a night

    for my own to come home, safe and sound,

so I pray this evening they're home now with you,

    held forever in your loving arms...

 

Let my trust swallow up all my worries, Lord,

    let my faith overcome any doubts that are mine,

let my hope in you up lift my heart and my soul

    with the blessed assurance that all shall be well

        for my loved ones, for me, and for all...

 

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

    and watch over my while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen.

Let Your Restless Hearts Be Still by John Bell

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Kyrie eleison*

Kyrie eleison

Kyrie eleison

Let your restless hearts be still

let your your troubled minds be rested

trust in God to lift your care

and in caring trust in me

In God's house you have a place,

were it otherwise I would have told you

this I gladly go to prepare 

and make ready for you all

Where I am and where I'll be 

is where you shall live forever

and the way to where I go

I have walked among you here

 

I'm the way that never ends

I'm the truth that never changes

I'm the life that never dies

but delights to love you all 

Kyrie eleison*

Kyrie eleison

Kyrie eleison

 

*Kyrie eleison can be understood in two ways:

    1) as a confession, "Lord, have mercy on me a sinner!"

    2) as an acclamation, "Lord have mercy - I won the lottery!"

Both uses (penance and praise) might support our praying

Kyrie eleisons in this evening's song.

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