It is said that the thoughts which occupy us at the time we go to sleep sink into our subconscious mind and produce some effect there. As a rule these thoughts are with us in the morning. It is a fact that people live more by their subconscious (we use the word "heart") than by their conscious mind. This short night consecration or prayer will help us not leave to chance what type of thoughts fill our minds before we go to sleep. It is important that the previous day, with all its impressions and experiences, its worries and griefs, and perhaps its discords, should be taken to the heart of God the Father, to the heart of Mary, our Mother. By doing so we will again restore a certain balance in ourselves.
We found the loving offering below in an old Irish Prayer book called Prayers of an Irish Mother. Although written long ago it seems perfect for us today.
Sleep well friends.
O Loving Jesus, I offer Thee Thy most peaceful repose in the adorable Sacrament of the Altar, and in the hearts of all the just, and I beseech Thee most earnestly that I may rest this night in Thee so that in the morning I may awake with renewed fervour to love and serve Thee. Amen.
My Queen and my Mother, bless me with thy pure and holy hand―
That I may have a good night's rest,
That I may wake betimes in the morning, and have the grace and energy to rise promptly and continue the work thy divine and beloved Son has entrusted to my feeble hands.
Amen.
Prayers of an Irish Mother - 19th century
Prayers of an Irish Mother - 19th century
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