Commontide
O God, your unfailing providence sustains the world we live in and the life we live: Watch over those, both night and day, who work while others sleep, and grant that we may never forget that our common life depends upon each other's toil; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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A modern prayer composed for the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, calling for God's watch over those who labor through the night while others sleep, and reminding worshippers that everyday life rests on one another's unseen toil.