Evening Prayers

Silence and Centering (2-5 minutes)

When you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.” (Psalm 4.4)

Opening Prayers

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

And in His word I put my hope.

My soul waits for the Lord

More than the watchmen wait for the morning,

More than the watchmen wait for the morning.

O Israel, put your hope in the Lord,

For with the Lord is unfailing love. (Psalm 130.5-7)

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Prayer for self and others

Final petition

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soote the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; all for your love’s sake. Amen (Phyllis Tickle, The Divine Hours)

Conclude with Silence (2-5 minutes)