Night Prayer: SATURDAY 7/5

"The Fourth" is over

but its weekend lingers on

    in streams of tears and pride 

    coursing through my loyal heart

    and meeting down

    in some deep place 

    where grief, my grief 

    for something lost,

    is held, consoled and brightened

    by a flame that will not die...

 

Keep that flame alive, Lord:

    let nothing damp its light

       or cool its warmth;

    let it burn as brightly now

       as it did so long ago

    when patriot blood 

        and wisdom keen

    first lit the torch of liberty

    and passed the lamp along... 

     

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

    and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Hymn to the Eternal Flame

    music by Stephen Paulus

        lyrics by Michael Dennis Browne

 

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Every face is in you, every voice, 

Every sorrow in you. 

Every pity, every love, 

Every memory, woven into fire.

Every breath is in you, every cry, 

Every longing in you. 

Every singing, every hope, 

Every healing, woven into fire.

Every heart is in you, 

Every tongue, every trembling in you, 

Every blessing, every soul, 

Every shining, woven into fire.

 

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