On Sundays, Night Prayer will focus on an element from the day’s celebration of Mass. Tonight we reflect on today’s gospel, the Passion of Jesus, lwho emptied himself out for us, bearing the burden of our sins on his shoulders and laying down his life for us on the Cross, the measure of the depth of love he calls us to have for one another…
I know, Lord, that Holy Week’s a special time
to ponder how deep is your love for us all
but I want to take time in these holy days
to consider the depth of your love for me…
You know and you call me by name, Lord,
you know my heart’s secrets,
my sorrows and joys:
I’m healed and forgiven,
I’m blessed and I’m saved
by the depth of the grace you offer me
from the height of the Cross of your love…
O, the depths of the love you offered me, Lord,
when you laid down your life,
when you suffered and died,
that I might find peace
and life forever with you…
O the depths of your love, Lord
for all humankind
and for me as I come before you tonight,
in faith, in prayer, in hope and trust
that my sins are forgiven
and my heart washed clean,
redeemed by your selfless and saving love,
by your suffering, your death and your rising…
Protect me, Lord, while I’m awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep rest in your peace…
I think you may agree
that this song’s simple, haunting beauty
is itself a grateful prayer
for the depths of Christ’s mercy and peace…
O, The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free,
rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
is the current of thy love;
leading onward, leading homeward,
to thy glorious rest above.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread his praise from shore to shore;
how he loves us, ever loves us,
changes never, nevermore.
How he watches o’er his loved ones,
died to call them all his own;
how for them he intercedeth,
watches o’er them from the throne.
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O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of ev’ry love the best:
’tis an ocean vast of blessing,
’tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
‘Tis heav’n of heav’ns to me;
and it lifts me up to glory,
for it lifts me up to thee.
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