Morning prayer · 6 November

Light of the blind

An old brass lamp sits unlit in daylight at a window, but turn to its night side (drawn split-panel) and it burns steady against total darkness — same lamp, same flame, showing light that serves both the blind and the seeing, the weak and the strong.

Lord my God, listen to my prayer, and let your mercy hear what I long for. It isn’t anxious for me alone; it wants to serve my love for others, and you see that this is true. I want to offer you my thoughts and words in service; give me what to offer you. I’m poor and needy; you are rich to all who call on you. Nothing can weigh on you, yet you care for us. Hear me and have pity, Lord. You are light to the blind and strength to the weak, light to those who see and strength to the strong. Hear my soul crying out of the depths. The day is yours and the night is yours; at your word the moments fly by. Amen.

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

Romans 10:12 (BSB)

Adapted from St Augustine, Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838), in plain words. The verse is from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Drawing: Mutter.