The Beginning of the Day

“The beginning of the sun’s passage through the sky marks the beginning of the working-day for us mortals: we ask You, Lord, to prepare in our minds a place where the day that knows no end may give its light. Grant that we may have within us this light, the life of the resurrection, and that nothing may take away our delight in You. Mark us with the sign of that day that does not begin with the movement and the course of the sun, by keeping our minds fixed on You.”
~St. Ephrem