Sunday Evening Prayer

Hasten, O God, to save me;
come quickly, Lord, to help me.
(Psalm 70:1, NIV)
 
As the day closes, I centre again on the Presence of the Three
I worship you God,
the keeper of my soul.
I embrace you Jesus,
my constant companion.
I inhale you Spirit,
promise of the world to come.
 
God of mercy
Show mercy to us all
Christ of mercy
Have mercy on us all
Spirit of mercy
Teach mercy to us all.                   (Repeat)
 
Pause in silence
 
As I listen to your word
may I hear your gentle whisper.
 
Readings from the Lectionary
 
May your word be in my sleeping,
my dreaming and my waking this night,
that it may watch over and replenish my soul.
 
Time for reflection
 
Disturb us, Lord,
when we are too pleased with ourselves,
when our dreams have come true
because we dreamed too little,
when we arrived safely
because we sailed too close to the shore.
 
Disturb us, Lord,
when with the abundance of things we possess
we have lost our thirst
for the waters of life;
having fallen in love with life,
we have ceased to dream of eternity.
 
 
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
to venture on wilder seas
where storms will show your mastery;
where losing sight of land,
we shall find the stars.  Amen.
(Prayer of Sir Francis Drake)
 
Pause in silence
 
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.  Amen.
 
Silence or Prayer for others
 
I want you woven into a tapestry of love,
in touch with everything there is to know of God.
Then you will have minds confident and at rest,
focused on Christ, God’s great mystery.
All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge
are embedded in that mystery
and nowhere else.
And we’ve been shown the mystery!
(Colossians 2: 2-4, The Message)
 
The Sacred Three
my fortress be
encircling me.
Come and be round
my hearth, my home.  Amen.
(Alistair Maclean, Hebridean Altars, p. 121)