Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
Come in the silence of our human night
And give us grace that we may cast away
The works of darkness; from eternal day
Now send to us the armor of your light;
In this brief mortal life protect and guard
Your people whom, in great humility,
Our Savior Christ once visited, that when
On that last day in glorious majesty
To judge the quick and dead he comes again,
We, from our earthbound weaknesses may rise,
Rise to immortal life, unending days,
Through him whose life in Trinity supplies
Now and forever your eternal praise.
Christopher L. Webber
