Prayers for Mental Health
Keep Watch, Dear Lord
An ancient Compline collect attributed to St.
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night,
and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick, Lord Christ;
give rest to the weary,
bless the dying,
soothe the suffering,
pity the afflicted,
shield the joyous;
and all for your love's sake. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer, Order for Compline
About the prayer
Augustine and carried into the Book of Common Prayer. It is the classic prayer for insomnia and night anxiety: rather than asking for sleep, it hands the whole restless world over to God and places the one praying among those God is watching.
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