Saints LightNight Prayer Before Sleep
These lines come from Compline, the Church's ancient Night Prayer: the Salva nos antiphon (in a plain translation made for this app), the old collect 'Visit, we beseech Thee', and the closing blessing. Pray them as the last words of your day.
The prayer
Save us, O Lord, while we are awake, and guard us while we sleep, that we may watch with Christ and rest in peace.
Visit, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this dwelling, and drive far from it all snares of the enemy; let Thy holy angels dwell herein to preserve us in peace; and let Thy blessing be upon us always. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May the almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless us and keep us. Amen.
In Latin
Visita, quaesumus, Domine, habitationem istam, et omnes insidias inimici ab ea longe repelle; angeli tui sancti habitent in ea, qui nos in pace custodiant; et benedictio tua sit super nos semper.
Pray it this week
Each night this week, pray your Act of Contrition, then these lines, then the Hail, Holy Queen, and put the phone away afterward.
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