The Night Prayer of the Church as a “Rehearsal for Death”

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 03-05-15 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Bigg Red]

Yes, I say that one twice a day. I have just recently — past 2 years or so —reconnected in prayer to my Guardian Angel.

[Bigg Red]

Same here. We need his help increasingly against “the wickedness and snares of the devil”.

[defconw]

Yes the devil seems to have become a workaholic.

[saradippity]

I remember the guardian angel prayer too!! But the final prayer I said before closing my eyes was:

“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
if I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.”

I always slept in complete confidence as a child. However,I don't say that prayer any longer and maybe I should, I think Father was onto something with his advice. Thanks again for all the work you do in this section of FR.

[kalee]

For later

[asyouwish]

A second ditto to that

[RinaseaofDs]

And Michael turns to God and asks, “Is now the time, Lord?”

[defconw]

Maybe so...

[Rich21IE]

I will pray for her today, if that isn’t offensive to you.

My comment was meant as something of a joke. For years now, I’ve volunteered to assist a Viet Nam veteran buddy of mine and month after month, I’d take him to the VA for his checkups, (he had a stroke, then blood clots in the lungs, etc).

Anyway, we’d pull up to the VA and there were always these guys in wheel chairs with oxygen tanks strapped to the chairs, tubes up their noses, smoking away in the designated smoking zone. And yes, I was told by a VA Doctor that occasionally, one of them would go up in flames.

[defconw]

Thanks for the prayer. I was not in the least offended. My husband goes to the VA and I remember being at the Minneapolis VA and there was a guy down there in a hospital bed. My husband is a smoker, recently quit. His mom gave him all sorts of crap about it. That's why it's sort of funny in a perverse sort of way.

If you tell her I'll deny it the whole thing. ;)

[Mercat]

I do BAKER. Blessings askings. Kill (sins) embraced by jesus. Resolve to do better tomorrow

[Old Yeller]

Why do Catholics always read their prayers or pray memorized prayers?

[eastsider]

Why do Catholics always read their prayers or pray memorized prayers?

In high school, we were coached on how to deal with T/F questions we didn't know the answers to. One of the rules was that propositions that included the universals 'always' and 'never' were generally false.

[Old Yeller]

Why do Catholics always read their prayers or pray memorized prayers?

In high school, we were coached on how to deal with T/F questions we didn't know the answers to. One of the rules was that propositions that included the universals 'always' and 'never' were generally false.

Obfuscate all you want. It is what it is.

[lightman]

The Compline prayers would make an excellent close to the evening “calling hours” at a Funeral Home.

[Salvation]

Prayers for your mother in law.

[Salvation]

Not always. The other night — actually three nights when I couldn’t sleep because of pain, I was talking with Jesus (praying) all the time about his pain and my pain.

[Grateful2God]

You’d think they’d be grateful their person was still alive! Art Linkletter was right: people are funny...

[Grateful2God]

"Yes, I say that one twice a day. I have just recently — past 2 years or so —reconnected in prayer to my Guardian Angel."

What a blessing! Their feast is celebrated on Oct 2.

[Grateful2God]

We don’t always. Some are prayers we learn as children; some are written by the saints. The prayers referred to in the article are part of the Liturgy of the Hours: prayers said, usually by religious, at certain times of the day, so that at all times, 24/7, prayers are going up to God. These are mostly Scriptural, with intention pertaining to the Liturgical season. It’s sort of the earthly version of Revelation, where the living creatures did not cease to play to God before His Throne.