Evening Prayer – 4 May 2021

The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It has been a long and full day
A day of reflection
A day of worship preparation
A day for study
A day to simply Be Still
Lord, to you I raise
Wide and bright
Faith-filled eyes
You are my protection
Bring me home.
And receive my prayer
Sweet as incense smoke
Rising from my heart
Free of care.**
Now as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
**Collected Poems, from Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours, p. 112
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Amen