1. For the gift of light
O light eternal and ever resplendent
We bask in the comforting warmth of your rays
Like spears cutting through the sinuous darkness
Of our frailties and follies that shackled us with dismay
With heads bowed low and lips quivering in reverence
To Your ethereal throne, we lift up, all glory and praise
For Your truth which awakened us from our sinful reveries
Has now welcomed us to a life where fear has no place
2. For the gift of flowers
Festooned with radiance, colors and grace
In varying hues, luminosities and shades
Constant companions though in muted presence
In all of life’s subtle and defining moments
Neither kings nor emperors could ever surpass
Or any artists could fully on their canvas express
The loving creator’s most tender of face
That on their regal habiliments is forever arrayed
3. For the gift of nourishment
Before You, O Lord, we offer the works of our hands
Which from Your munificence we have drawn our strength
To nurture and nourish the earth’s verdant foliage
And all creatures of the fields, air and seas, to flourish
We thank You for the gift and challenge of stewardship
That bears Your affirmation on the divinity of our being
That in our hands lay the chance to share in co-creating
A world – vibrant, humane and in goodness ever growing
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