May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
W On my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves— I sought him but I did not find him.
W I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. The sound of my lover knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my friend, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is wet with dew, my hair, with the moisture of the night.”
All the sentinels of Israel are blind, they are without knowledge; They are all mute dogs, unable to bark; Dreaming, reclining, loving their sleep.
Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
When he returned he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?
Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open and did not know what to answer him.
“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise
When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”