midnight prayer
Worship at twelve
Midnight prayer is prayer offered at or around midnight, often associated with religious traditions that emphasize this hour as spiritually significant.
In Christianity, midnight prayer appears in monastic practice and charismatic traditions, where believers gather or pray alone during the night: The church holds midnight prayer every Friday.
The practice draws on biblical references to praying through the night and the symbolic meaning of darkness giving way to light.
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- holy hourCatholic devotional practice
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
candlelight · candle flame · kneeling · bended knee · whisper · silence · quiet hours · small hours · darkness · rosary · beads · monk · monastic life · convent · chapel · solitude · petition · incense
- Evening Prayerscompline, evensong, vespers, evening hymn
- prayerintercession, supplication, novenas, novena, intercessor
- prayersOur Father, intercessions, psalm, supplications, petitions
- Breslov Hasidismhitbodedut, disciples, followers, simcha, simple faith
midnight prayermorning prayer
Early devotional practice
dawn prayer · morning worship · matins · lauds · sunrise prayer
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