A Prayer for Mission (2)

Evening Prayer

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.

Provenance

After St. Augustine, c. 1913 / BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A night prayer for those who work, watch, weep, or sleep, long cherished as the prayer of St. Augustine, which took its present English form in the early 20th century and entered Anglican liturgy through the 1979 American prayer book.

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.

Provenance

After St. Augustine, c. 1913 / BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A night prayer for those who work, watch, weep, or sleep, long cherished as the prayer of St. Augustine, which took its present English form in the early 20th century and entered Anglican liturgy through the 1979 American prayer book.