Lord God, our light and our
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.