Be the light within our darkness, God, be our sight where we are blind, when the waves of loss loom and sweep across, when our faith is undermined, be the lifeline and the vision for all humankind. Be the voice that stills the human heart in our terror, in our tears, through the blinding blast and the holocaust and the wars that claim our years, be the Word that works within the world till peace appears. Let the dawn defy the darkness, God! Give us each our role to play, give us mindfulness of the things that bless in the choices of each day, till the evil and the darkness all are swept away.