The Second Petition

Focus your Light within us, make it useful, as the rays of a beacon show the way.

Hallowed be Thy Name

One way to create an inner altar where God’s name is holy is by keeping an inward sacred silence. The second petition is asking for the Creator’s help in forming this place within us. The petition asks for light, the same light that was spread throughout the universe in creation, to now be focused within us where God’s name is holy.Images of light flooded my imagination: lighthouse beacons guiding ships to safe harbor, Northern Lights illuminating the horizon, a simple candle burning in a dark room, a campfire burning in a dark forest, and car headlights on a dark road. The abstract oil painting “As a Beacon” is meant to encompass light that comes into darkness and reveals “a way”. It is a way through, a way over, a way beyond, a way to be, a way of prayer.