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Last Thing at Night

Prayers and Readings for the End of the Day

  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: Darton Longman & Todd
  • 11.4 x 17 x 1.4 cm

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Good day or bad, the end of the day is a time for taking stock of the day's events: celebrating the best, trying to learn from the worst, surrendering them all to God and preparing for sleep. Keep a copy of Last Thing at Night by your bedside, and it will help you end each day with a brief moment of reflection, thanks and praise. The material is arranged in six week-long sections. Based on the Church's Night Prayer (Compline) and following the ancient monastic tradition, each day opens with a prayer, a psalm, a Gospel reading and a reading from a saint or spiritual writer, and ends with a moment of silence, the Nunc Dimittis, a concluding prayer, a blessing and the Salve Regina. Many of the readings are taken from the works of Carmelite saints and writers such as Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux and Edith Stein, and have been chosen to help us meditate on the darkness of the world and how the light of Christ comes to fill it and dwell within it.
  • Author

    Rima Deveraux

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Darton Longman & Todd

  • Published

    September 2011

  • Weight

    112g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    11.4 x 17 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780232528848

  • ISBN-10

    0232528845

  • Eden Code

    3978934

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    One of the phrases most often heard by the parish priest and spiritual counsellor is: ‘I’d love to pray but I don’t know how or where to start’ This book is another wonderful tool to put into the hands of such a seeker. Based loosely on the evening office of Compline, Rima Devereaux gives us a simple form of night prayer over a 6-week cycle – a psalm, a gospel reading and a reading “from the Church’s tradition” – Gerard W Hughes, St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross, Thomas Keating and St Therese of Lisieux are among the authors from whose writings pearls are drawn, each one illuminating the darkness of the world with the Light of Christ – Devereaux’s aim. Night Prayer begins and ends each day with a very simple introduction and concluding prayers which give a continuum and flowing unity to the daily changing readings. Devereaux encourages us to use silence and to take time to ponder each phrase until it speaks to us and to ‘sit loose’ on her structure, merely using it as a springboard for communing with God. Her inspiration comes from the occasion in John’s Gospel when two of John the Baptist’s disciples follow Jesus and ask him where he lives; this ends with their staying the night with him. She invites us to use the prayers for last thing at night as our personal invitation to spend the night with Jesus. I love the concept, love the selection of readings – especially those from the history of the Church – love the book and recommend it without hesitation both for those seeking a pathway into prayer and also for clergy to lend/give to such people.