GREETING
O God, as night gathers and all Earth grows still,
we lift our hearts to you in grateful trust.
DOXOLOGY
PSALM 131
My body rests in you, O loving God.
Lord, I am not proud,
holding my head too high,
reaching beyond my grasp.
No, I am calm and tranquil
like a weaned child
resting in its mother’s arms:
my whole being at rest.
Let Israel rest in the Lord,
now and for ever.
EXAMEN
O God of forgiveness and mercy, at the close
of this day remind me of the love you have
shown to me. You have visited me in your word
and in your people. How have I loved you or
failed to love you in return?
READING: Micah 6:8
God has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
RESPONSE
My God, I am yours for time and eternity.
Teach me to trust in your providence.
You are a God of love and tenderness.
I put my faith in you.
CANTICLE OF SIMEON
Let us rest in your loving care, O saving God.
Lord, let your servant
now die in peace,
for you kept your promise.
With my own eyes
I see the salvation
you prepared for all peoples:
a light of revelation for the Gentiles
and glory to your people Israel.
PRAYER
O God, visit this dwelling and surround us
In safety. Let no evil harm us or fear rob us of
restful slumber. May your angels guard us in
peace until the dawn when we will rise to sing
praise. This we ask in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
BLESSING
Peace be to this house. Amen.
Peace be to this land. Amen.
Peace be to all the peoples of Earth. Amen.
HYMN
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, Advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.
ALTERNATE PSALM FOR NIGHT PRAYER:
PSALM 16