29 September 2021

…egressus matutinos et vespere laudantes facies (Vulgate Ps. 64:9)







Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. (KJV 65:8)

And from the Akathist Hymn: When sunset descends over the earth and the peace of eternal sleep and the stillness of the fading day come to reign, I see Your abode in the guise of glistening palaces and clouds hovering in the evening light. Fiery red, gold and azure speak prophetically of the unutterable beauty of Your world and cry out triumphantly: "Let us go to the Father!"

​Glory to You, in the stillness of the evening,

​Glory to You, Who have bestowed great peace to the world,

​Glory to You, for the last rays of sunlight,

​Glory to You, for rest and the gift of sleep,

​Glory to You, for Your presence in darkness, when the world is so remote,

​Glory to You, for prayer from the depth of a heart touched by You,

​Glory to You, for the promise of awakening to the joy of the eternal,

​unending day,

​Glory to You, O God, unto ages of ages.!

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