All Through the Night: Prayers and Readings from Dusk Till DawnMichael Counsell Westminster John Knox Press, 2001 M01 1 - 200 pages Nighttime signifies many things. Apart from the rest and refreshment that sleep brings, the night can be a time for gazing at the stars, dreaming, and loving. For most people, there are occasions when the night brings no relief--when we are worried or afraid, trouble never looms larger than in the early sleepless hours. Yet such times also can lead to a richer experience of meditation and contemplation. These experiences of the night are universal and have inspired poetry, prayers, lullabies, songs, and stories down the ages. This wide-ranging collection is the perfect bedside companion and will help soothe us to sleep, dispel nighttime fears, and attune us to the gifts and opportunities that each new day brings. |
Contents
Thanksgiving | 4 |
Hospitality | 11 |
Celtic blessing prayers | 24 |
The cross to guard | 33 |
In the evening of life | 39 |
Healing Sleep | 94 |
Night Vigil | 107 |
God in the silence | 124 |
Light in the darkness | 137 |
4 | 155 |
Wrestling with | 168 |
A New | 182 |
12 | 189 |
1 | 125 |
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Common terms and phrases
abide Alleluia Amen Augustine of Hippo awake beauty bless body Book of Common Breviary bright Carmina Gadelica child Christ our Lord Common Prayer darkness dawn death divine dream earth ESUS eternal evermore eyes faith fall deep Father fear friends Gelasian Sacramentary give glory grace grant Gregory of Nazianzus guard hand hath heal hear heart heaven heavenly Holy Spirit hour Jacob Jesus Christ Jim Cotter John John Donne Julian of Norwich keep King labour Lancelot Andrewes Leonine Sacramentary life's live look Lord Jesus Mary Mechtild of Magdeburg mercy Michael Counsell mind morning mother Mozarabic never night o'er pain peace praise pray Psalm rest Saviour shadows shine silence sing sins sleep slumber soul stars sweet thank thee thine things thou art thou hast thoughts thy love thy name translated truth voice wake watch weary weeping William wind