Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

In the minor hours, the psalms carry us from hardship to joy, from inner captivity to liberation, from despair to trust. It is a message to us all that remembering to trust in God can be enough to carry us for a lifetime.

For Teresa and John, the dark night—indeed all of life—is nothing other than the story of a love affair: a romance between God and the human soul that liberates us to love one another.

night is a natural medium for shadow work.

Our powerful need for sleep is a reminder that we are finite. God is the only one who never slumbers nor sleeps.

Night-time is womb-time. Our souls come out to play. The darkness absolves everything;

each phase of night offers sacred and healing possibilities.