O God, Who cannot change or fail,
Guiding the hours as they roll by,
Brightening with beams the morning pale,
And burning in the mid-day sky;
Quench the fires of hate and strife,
The wasting fever of the heart,
From perils guard our feeble life,
And to our souls, Your peace impart.
Grant this, O Father, only Son,
And Holy Spirit, God of grace,
To whom all glory, three in one,
Be given in every time and place. Amen.-Cardinal Newman
