http://www.trurocathedral.org.uk:80/worship/prayers/prayer-samples<h4 style="text-align: center;">Prayer when lighting a candle</h4> <p style="text-align: center;"><br />Dear God, our loving Father,<br /> The candles we have lit represent each and every one we love and care for.<br />Their light also reminds us of Jesus Christ, Your Son, who is the light of the world and the light in<br /> our darkness.<br /> Give us, we pray, comfort in our anxiety and fear, courage and strength in our suffering, patience<br /> and compassion in our caring, consolation in our grieving.<br /> But above all, give us hope now and always, through the same Jesus Christ Our Lord.<br /> Amen.</p>