Uploaded on December 12, 2011
Splendor of the paternal glory,
Bringing forth light from light.
Light of light and fountain of luster;
day, illuminating the day;
and true sun;
glide into us,
shining with perpetual brightness,
and pour the beam of the Holy Spirit into our senses.
Let us also invoke with our prayers the Father,
the Father of eternal glory,
the Father of powerful grace,
that He may banish slippery guilt—
that He may confirm our strenuous acts—
that He may blunt the tooth of the envious—
that He may make adverse circumstances prosperous,
and may give the grace of enduring them. …
—St. Ambrose
Catholic Family Prayer Book
published by Our Sunday Visitor
12.12.2023: My life is so different now.