| Longing for light, we wait in darkness.
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| Longing for truth, we turn to you.
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| Make us your own, your holy people,
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| light for the world to see.
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| Christ, be our light! |
| Shine in our hearts.
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| Shine through the darkness.
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| Christ, be our light!
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| Shine in your church gathered today.
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| Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
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| Longing for hope, many despair.
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| Your word alone has pow’r to save us.
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| Make us your living voice.
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| Christ, be our light! |
| Shine in our hearts.
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| Shine through the darkness.
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| Christ, be our light!
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| Shine in your church gathered today.
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| Longing for food, many are hungry.
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| Longing for water, many still thirst.
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| Make us your bread, broken for others,
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| shared until all are fed.
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| Christ, be our light! |
| Shine in our hearts.
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| Shine through the darkness.
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| Christ, be our light!
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| Shine in your church gathered today.
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| Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
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| Longing for warmth, many are cold.
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| Make us your building, sheltering others,
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| walls made of living stone.
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| Christ, be our light! |
| Shine in our hearts.
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| Shine through the darkness. |
| Christ, be our light!
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| Shine in your church gathered today.
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| Many the gifts, many the people,
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| many the hearts that yearn to belong.
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| Let us be servants to one another,
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| making your kingdom come.
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| Christ, be our light! |
| Shine in our hearts.
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| Shine through the darkness.
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| Christ, be our light!
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| Shine in your church gathered today. |