Chanukah and Shabbat 5770

A prayer for tonight, which is Shabbat and the first night of Chanukah:

May the lights we light tonight not be limited to four small flames. 
Rather, may each of these flames expand—expand into a soft light that illuminates the shadows within each of us.
May tonight’s flames serve as some sort of gentle inner glow—a glow that radiates from the outside in and from the inside out.
A light of awareness.

May the lights we light tonight not be limited to four small flames. 
Rather, may each of  these flames blaze like torches—torches that throw light onto the injustices around us.
May tonight’s flames serve as urgent, alarm-like reminders that our world is not yet perfect and that we have a pressing responsibility to act for change.
A light of awareness.

May the lights we light tonight not be limited to four small flames. 
Rather, may each of these flames serve as markers—markers of the Sacred Presence in our hearts and homes.
May tonight’s flames serve as the purest of symbols—symbols of a Sheltering Peace that envelops us even in these longest, darkest days of our year.
A light of awareness.