Ministry Resources

Evening Prayers……….

CW Evening Prayer:
As our evening prayer rises before you, O God,so may your mercy come down upon us to cleanse our hearts and set us free to sing your praise now and for ever.

Compline:

The Lord almighty grant us a quiet night
and a perfect end. 

Keep me as the apple of an eye.
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. 

Save us, O Lord, while waking,
and guard us while sleeping, 

that awake we may watch with Christ 

and asleep may rest in peace. Alleluia.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace : according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation;
Which thou hast prepared :
before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles :
and to be the glory of thy people Israel.

Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the silent hours of this night,
so that we who are wearied
by the changes and chances of this fleeting world, may repose upon thy eternal changelessness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

May the risen Lord Jesus bless us.
May he watch over us and renew us
 as he renews the whole of creation.
 May our hearts and lives echo his love. Amen

Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.

John Phillip Newell:
May the grace of the night's stillness be mine, 
may the grace of the moon's guidance be mine,
to renew my soul in sleep
to enlighten my dreams in the night
to open my spirit to eternity
until the angels of light awaken me
until the morning angels awaken me.

In the busyness of this day
grant me a stillness of seeing, O God.
In the conflicting voices of my heart
grant me a calmness of hearing.
let my seeing and hearing
my words and my actions
be rooted in a silent certainty of your presence.
Let my passions for life
and the longings for justice that stir within me
be grounded in the experience of your stillness.
let my life be rooted in the ground of your peace, O God,
let me be rooted in the depths of your peace.