Tuesday evening prayer

O Lord God, who has been pleased to create the night for the repose of man, as thou dost appoint unto him the day for labour, grant unto us so to rest this night in the body that our souls may be awake to thee and may be uplifted in thy love. Grant that we may cast off all earthly cares, but that the thought of thy goodness and thy grace may be ever present to our minds, that while our bodies rest our consciences may find spiritual repose. May it please thee to keep us pure both in body and in spirit, that even our sleep may be to the glory of thy name. And since, being but poor sinners, we have not passed this day without offending against thee in various ways, we beseech thee that as all is now hidden by the darkness which thou sendest on the earth, so thou wouldest be pleased to bury our faults by thy compassion, so that we may not be separated from thy face. Hear us, our God, our Father and Saviour, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. [Dobberstein 21]