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In you, O God,

may we awaken

to the light

that stirs our souls

into life

each day.

In you, O God,

may we awaken

to the hour

that curves time

to hold our fears

and redeems them all.

In you, O God,

may we awaken

to the courage

that discovers faith

in an adventure

with honesty.

And in every renewal

that comes with the dawn,

that disturbs the shadows,

and shakes us free of the night,

may we be ready

to recognise the gravity

of hope,

and let it draw us towards itself

with life-breathing dreams,

and light-swollen words,

and thirst-quenching grace,

that unfolds a veil of surprise

over ordinary things,

that, in you, O God,

we might awaken

to the life you invite

that voices here

the promise of what is yet to be.

In you, O God,

may we awaken each day

to the imagination

and elegance

of your gift,

named: love.