Night Prayer 7 Saturday
with Noreen
May the almighty Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
Amen.
Love is of God,
in love his love is known.
In those who love the love of God is shown.
O God, come to our aid:
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, glory to theSon,
glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever.
Amen
Introduction
Since today will not come again
we ask pardon, heavenly Father,
for the times when we turned away from your grace
and failed to love our fellow creatures
Send us a night of healing peace
and may your Spirit guide us tomorrow in all that we do and say.
Kyrie, eleison.
Psalm 138 I thank you for the wonder of my being, I thank you.
O Lord, you search me and you know me,
you know my resting and my rising,
you discern my purpose from afar.
You mark when I walk or lie down, all my ways lie open to you.
I thank you for the wonder of my being, I thank you.
For it was you who created me,
knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I thank you for the wonder, the wonder of my being.
All my ways lie open to you.
I thank you for the wonder of my being, I thank you.
Already you knew my soul,
my body held no secrets from you
when I was being fashioned secretly and moulded in the depths of the earth.
All my ways lie open to you.
I thank you for the wonder of my being, I thank you.
Reading
They will see the Lord face to face,
and his name will be written on their foreheads
it will never be night again and they will not need lamplight or sunlight
because the Lord God will be shining on them;
they will reign for ever and ever.
I thank you for the wonder of my being, I thank you.
Into your hands
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit,
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit,
You have redeemed us, Lord, God of faithfulness,
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit,
Glory be to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit,
Into your hands, Lord, into your hands.
Save us, Lord, whilst we are awake; protect us while we sleep;
that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace.
From the Song of Simeon
All powerful Lord, you give us leave to go in peace as you have willed.
Our eyes this day have seen your light; in love give quiet, peaceful end.
Let us pray
Come to visit us, Lord, this night
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection 0f Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Blessing
May the Almighty Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end,
a perfect end.
Amen.
