Lord God,
Our light and salvation,
We praise you for your gifts of life
and faith.
We thank you for the desire
that you have planted in our hearts,
our yearning to see your face.

Help us to meet you in prayer,
to walk in your ways,
and to speak to others
of our joy and consolation
in your presence.

Give us faithfulness in this present
life
so that we may come to know and
praise your beauty,
with all our brothers and sisters,
in the life to come.
We make this prayer through Christ
our Lord.
Amen