On Sundays, Night Prayer will focus on an element from the day's celebration of Mass. This Pentecost night we pray for the Spirit's coming in our world, in our lives, in our hearts...
Send your Spirit, O Lord,
over the whole of creation,
over all that is seen and unseen,
and give us the wisdom, the desire and will
to conserve and share all the many gifts
you've entrusted to our care...
Send your Spirit, O Lord,
over all the nations around the globe
and by the grace of your Spirit's power:
help us lay down all our weapons
and bring an end to war...
Send your Spirit, O Lord:
help us warmly greet and welcome the stranger
who comes to our shores and knocks on our doors
seeking refuge, relief and a place to call home...
Send your Spirit, O Lord:
to heal our divided country,
to mend our broken government,
to make fair and just our system of laws,
to provide for the common good
to protect the weak and defenseless...
Send your Spirit, O Lord, into the hearts of us all:
to enlighten our minds, our thoughts and ideas,
to shape the decisions and choices we make,
to prompt us to do what is kind and pure,
to lead us to serve without counting the cost,
to help us work for a peace that lasts,
to turn to you in our sorrows and joys,
to give you thanks for your saving love
and for every good gift that's ours...
(Take some time now to ponder and pray,
"Where do I need the Spirit to come into my life
tonight, this week, this month, this year?")
Send us your Spirit, O Lord
shadows have clouded,
shadows have clouded,
have crowded our sight;
give us hearts that see,
give us hearts that see,
set our loving free,
send us your Spirit, O Lord!*
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.
*From this evening's song
Send Us Your Spirit by Dan Schutte
performed by The Sunday 7pm Choir
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