I found this lovely hymn that can also serve as a prayer at the end of the day. As I grow older, the more I appreciate liturgical prayers and knowing that I’m praying the same words as countless saints through the ages. May these words be our prayer tonight and every night:
“To Thee before the close of day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That, with Thy wonted favor, Thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Withhold from us our ghostly foe,
That spot of sin we may not know.
O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally” (Words: Unknown author, 7th Century (Te lucis ante terminum). Translated from Latin to English by John M. Neale, 1852, alt. Music: Rest (Bradbury) William B. Bradbury, 1843)
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