Free Us from Original Darkness

Let us pray
[in this season of Lent for the gift of integrity]:
 Father of light,
In you is found no shadow of change but only the fullness of life and limitless truth. Open our hearts to the voice of your Word and free us from the original darkness that shadows our vision. Restore our sight that we may look upon your Son who calls us to repentance and a change of heart, for he lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.
Amen.
 (-New Saint Joseph Sunday Missal)

Original Light

O Lord, no man can see your face and live,
but no man can live unless he sees Your face.
Let me see Your face and die; and it will no longer be I who lives,
but Christ Jesus who lives in me.
Purify my heart that I may see you on this side of eternity.
Let me gaze into the eyes of the transfigured Son,
and let His eyes of flame pierce my inward being;
and let all that is in the Son of God’s heart
enter into my eyes and into my soul.
In the Name of our Father, Creator of Light
In the Name of the Son, Light from Light
In the Name of the Holy Spirit, Light within us.
Amen.
(David Morrison)
 

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