Just as the rainbow, bright with its promise, holds in its prism spectrums of light, so do our human cultures and colours bring to each other depth and delight. Colours adorn us, colours define us, colours enliven nature's own art, colours divide us, stark in their meaning, black and white judgments tear us apart. Fear of the stranger, unspoken anger, shades of misgiving show in our face, colours of blood have stained our traditions, led us to conflict, race against race. God give us eyes to value our neighbour, judging no colour, image or skin, but where the heart is, open to friendship, care and connection making us kin. God give us wisdom, luminous thinking, prizing this rainbow, sensing its scope, finding the gold in icons of others, working to paint the colours of hope.