God, the cloud of your presence is revelatory, but frightening. Your closeness is overwhelming, excruciating, but this touch of yours is exactly the way of life. Your glory reflected in our faces is the strength we need for the journey in Lent, and through our lives. Give us courage to turn to you, to allow your light to expose all of ourselves and our lives. Melt away worry, and replace it with confidence. Touch the bodies of the sick, and by your healing, astonish us. Pick up the broken and thrown down, the discarded and forgotten, and place them in the midst of your light. Finally, give us humility and wisdom to be part of this, your kingdom. Amen.