LIVE IN FAITH AND HOPE,
though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are God's and God will not forget you.
John of the Cross


Show us you mercy;
Clothe your prophets with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
And guide us into the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon the earth.
Your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

Adapted, Book of Common Prayer