The Twilight Hour

This is the evening prayer, prayed for centuries at the end of the workday.  The main themes are gratitude and serenity as the evening lamps are lit.  We invite God’s peace as we leave work and transition into dinner, family, home, rest.

A major theme of Vespers is gratitude…We say, “thank You” for hands to labor and love with, and ask for grace for the work of the approaching evening.

I will extol the LORD at all times;

His praise will always be on my lips.

Those who look to him are radiant;

Their faces are never covered with shame;

Taste and see that the LORD is good;

Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Come, my children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalm 34:1, 5, 8, 11