by Germain Grisez
Citizen of nation death and hell bent,
Dwelling under blackest Enlightenment,
I pray: Dawn from on high break upon us!
Shine through fine wrappings to squalor and pus.
Your word: “Let your light shine before others.”
So they’ll believe—be sisters and brothers.
No light or little have I to project.
Kill me if need be that I may reflect
You, light from light, first light of creation.
Sun of all, light of every nation:
Guide our feet into unending rest
With you in that nation where all is blest.
Amen.
Germain Grisez is Professor of Christian Ethics at Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland
