Increase, O God,
the spirit of neighborliness among us,
that in peril we may uphold one another,
in calamity serve one another,
in suffering tend one another,
and in homelessness, loneliness of exile
befriend one another.
Grant us brave and enduring hearts
that we may strengthen one another,
till the disciplines and
testing of these days be ended,
and Thou dost give again peace in our time.
— Prayer used in English
air-raid shelters during World War II