We’re getting to a time of the year when the setting sun comes through one of the stained glass windows and illuminates the altar area next to where I sit for Evening Prayer.
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O God, makes speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to deliver us.
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“Why do you continue to have #EveningPrayer if nobody comes?”
Because someone needs to pray for this parish, this town, this country, and this world on a regular basis. The #DailyOffices, or any worship service for that matter, are not based on numbers or an ROI formula. They are based simply on being with God.
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Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning…

This is the best opening sentence to #EveningPrayer, hands down.

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“I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel”
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I search for an inner peace to look with serenity at the things that have happened today. What positive feelings did I experience today? I give thanks to God for them. What moments did I feel anxious or perturbed in? I confide in the Lord with what preoccupied me. I plan to express my gratefulness to someone tomorrow. Hail Mary.

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I put myself in the presence of Jesus and thank Him for the day I have lived. I praise Him in particular for the most beautiful thing that has happened today. I reflect: how many people have worked, given their time, intelligence, and strength for the good that I have enjoyed during the day? Am I thankful for it?

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Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light …
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Close your day and ask the Lord for light to reflect on how you have lived today. Be grateful for any special grace that has been granted to you. How have your gestures of love and solidarity been with the people you have met?

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🔁Rev. Naomi King (they/them) :
Holy Love, shelter us in the thick of life's trials, bring us friends to comfort us in our grief, offer us water when we thirst, and love us back to loving this world and each other #chaliceout #eveningprayer #uu

The day comes to a close and I look back over what I have experienced through my heart's lens. I remember gratefully the faces of those who were present today, sharing their day with me. Who were those people? I thank you Lord for their lives that reflect something of yours. I ask your forgiveness for the occasions when I have been indifferent to their needs.

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Amazing sky this evening up on Old Sawood Lane. #DogsInMinistry #EveningPrayer #ThoughtsFromSwallowBarn

My day is coming to an end and I thank you, Lord, for all that took place. Before resting, help me to look back over it again with you. What have I received from you? What have I given to others? Thank you for the light of the grace of your presence and for your Word that you have given me to live and share with others. I ask your forgiveness for my failures. Tomorrow is another day; help me to follow you more. Hail Mary.

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Beautiful out near Nab Hill earlier this evening. #DogsInMinistry #Oxenhope #EveningPrayer #ThinSpaces #ThoughtsFromSwallowBarn

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel - #EveningPrayer
January is doing its best to kill me, but I’m thankful for quiet endings.
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Almighty God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word: Grant that the same light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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“Shed upon thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, the brightness of thy light; that we, being illumined by the teaching of thine apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that at length we may attain to the fullness of life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” #eveningprayer

Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light.
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She’s upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light.
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“Everliving God, who didst strengthen thine apostle Thomas with firm and certain faith in thy Son’s resurrection: Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God, that our faith may never be found wanting in thy sight; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” #EveningPrayer