{"id":743,"date":"2017-05-12T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=743"},"modified":"2017-07-08T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T08:57:23","slug":"evening-prayer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/12\/evening-prayer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening prayer #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/12\/evening-prayer-2\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"edinburgh_twilight_august_2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016.png?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edinburgh_twilight_august_2016.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nEdinburgh twilight, August 2016 (photo: Irene Bom)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>May your angels, holy Son,<br \/>\nguard our homes when day is done,<br \/>\nwhen at peace, our sleep is best:<br \/>\nBid them watch us while we rest.<\/p>\n<p>Prince of everything that is,<br \/>\nHigh Priest of the mysteries,<br \/>\nlet your angels, God supreme,<br \/>\ntell us truth dressed as a dream.<\/p>\n<p>May no terror and no fright<br \/>\nspoil our slumber in the night;<br \/>\nfree from care our eyelids close;<br \/>\nSpirit, give us prompt repose.<\/p>\n<p>We have laboured through the day;<br \/>\nlift our burdens when we pray,<br \/>\nthen our souls in safety keep,<br \/>\nthat our sleep be soft and deep.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8216;Evening Prayer&#8217;, attributed to St Patrick<br \/>\n(c. 389 &#8211; c. 461)<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:18px;\">(translation by Michael Counsell)<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong><br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.nl\/books?id=EFPUiFFPN80C&#038;printsec=frontcover&#038;dq=isbn:1853116238&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiqi6O9iMDTAhUFPxoKHZukBx8Q6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&#038;q&#038;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">2000 Years of Prayer<\/a><\/em> compiled by Michael Counsell, p. 76<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related Scriptures<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+91&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Psalm 91<\/a> (many parallels)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews+4:14-16&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Hebrews 4:14-16<\/a> (Jesus, our High Priest)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+28%3A10-22&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis 28:10-22<\/a> (Jacob\u2019s Dream at Bethel)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+11%3A28-30&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 11:28-30<\/a> (Jesus&#8217; invitation to bring him our burdens)<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh twilight, August 2016 (photo: Irene Bom) May your angels, holy Son, guard our homes when day is done, when at peace, our sleep is best: Bid them watch us while we rest. Prince of everything that is, High Priest of the mysteries, let your angels, God supreme, tell us truth dressed as a dream. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/12\/evening-prayer-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Evening prayer #2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-prayer","tag-evening-prayer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Evening prayer #2 - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/12\/evening-prayer-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evening prayer #2 - Prayer matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edinburgh twilight, August 2016 (photo: Irene Bom) May your angels, holy Son, guard our homes when day is done, when at peace, our sleep is best: Bid them watch us while we rest. 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For all that shall be - Yes! \u00a0 by Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld, from Markings, p. 89 \u00a0 More of\/on Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld dag-hammarskjold.net Desiring Peace: A Meditation on Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld, by Roger Lipsey\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;prayer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/coolhaven_by_night.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/coolhaven_by_night.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/coolhaven_by_night.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/coolhaven_by_night.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5683,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/08\/07\/the-blessing-of-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":743,"position":3},"title":"The blessing of light","author":"Irene Bom","date":"August 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Shine like diamonds\" \u00a0(Photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 This is the first post in the new series, Light, a recurring theme in the Bible, from the first chapter to the last. A prayer In his book, The Open Gate, David Adam has a section entitled \"Candle prayers\". 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The illustration features a wood-carving that I bought during\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;prayer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angels_on_assignment.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angels_on_assignment.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angels_on_assignment.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angels_on_assignment.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9744,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/06\/14\/make-space-release-and-receive\/","url_meta":{"origin":743,"position":5},"title":"Make space: release and receive","author":"Irene Bom","date":"June 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam, after the rain (Photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 An evening prayer Gracious God, We place ourselves in your presence. Our minds and our spirits are cluttered. Help us make space for you. Help us to be fully present here, now. 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