Vesper Hymn for Sunday from the Breviary

Vesper hymn for Sunday from the Breviary
Perhaps by St. Gregory I (d. 604)


Blessed Creator of light who sendest forth the light of day, who didst begin creation by making the first light,

Who ordainest morn and even to be called day; the dark night falls, hear the prayers we make with tears.

Let not our souls heavy with sin lose the gift of life, lest forgetting eternal things they bind themselves in sin.

But let them knock at the door of heaven, let them gain the prize of life.  May we flee from crime and cleanse ourselves of evil.

Help us, most loving Father, and thou the only-begotten equal to the Father, with the Holy Ghost, reigning for all ages.



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