Patterned after the liturgy of the hours, but now in remembrance and anticipation of Easter dawn, there's a Christian tradition of Morning Watch. Shorter nights were divided into three watches, longer nights into four. The fourth and last segment of the night watch – the morning watch – is from 3 to 6am. During this final watch of the night, darkness gently eases into the quiet early light of Easter dawn and God's Glory softly splashes over all creation.
Here's a reflection about that hour of…
during each night's final watch,
darkness gently eases into
quiet early light of daybreak's dawn
God's Glory softly splashes
over drowsing creation
yesterday's final light of day
followed by a slender slice of moonglow
held no starshimmer
during middle night's intensely indigo blues
today's hushed daybreak
whispered itself over creation’s
night's end watch anticipating dawn's first light
a sunup-washed sky shined with light-washed sheen
dawnwashed new morning blues made
fresh-sprung break of pale day blues
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