As the day draws to a close, Sun of Justice, we invoke your name upon the whole human race so that all men may enjoy your never failing light.

Evening shadows fall ...

O Christ, you are the light & day
Which drives away the night,
The ever shining Sun of God
and pledge of future light.
As now the evening shadows fall
Please grant us, Lord, we pray,
a quiet night to rest in you
until the break of day.
Remember us, poor mortal men,
We humbly ask, O Lord,
and may your presence in our souls,
Be now our great reward.

From the rising of the sun

to its setting may the name of the Lord be praised.

...

As I look from my back window this morning this is what I see. In the quiet hours of the morning I ask for thy graces that I truly see.

From an exposition of psalm 118 by Saint Ambrose

Let your door stand open to receive him, unlock your soul to him, offer him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of everlasting light that shines on every man. This true light shines on all, but if anyone closes his window he will deprive himself of eternal light. If you shut the door of your mind, you shut out Christ. Though he can enter, he does not want to force his way in rudely, or compel us to admit him against our will.