26th of June 2020

Give us faces of stone

To set against the drift,

To set against the swift, strong headlong

Current swollen to a torrent

That is sweeping our world away….

Give us hearts of flame

To burn against the cold,

To burn against the old, the mortal chill,

The quenching thrill

Of the fast-flooding tide.

Thou art Fire and Light

(Give us hearts of flame!)

Make us to burn like beacons

In defiance of ancient Night.

Make us braziers in the cold streets of the cities

Make us lamps in Thy sanctuaries,

Make us candles to the Sacred Heart.

The world is lost and looking for the way.

by M. Farrow