Lord, eternal God,
light without beginning or end,
maker of all creation,
principle of all relationships between beings,
teach us to respect the Living,
help us to be guardians of one another.
Raise your breath of hope over the world,
like a wind that makes everything new.
Raise your breath of hope over the hurrying, indifferent, worried crowds,
your breath of hope like the call of a promised land.
Lift up your breath of hope on the exiled and hungry crowds,
like bread to be shared.
Lift up your breath of hope on the crowds oppressed by injustice, abused by violence, thirsting for freedom,
your breath of hope like the sun of justice.