`` ... through faith we understand that the worlds came into being , and still exist , at the command of god , so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible ... '' ( *hebrews 11:3 ) vespers unfolded as they did every night and as she recited the final prayers seth noticed that she was still holding the rock in her palm and that the mineral had turned rosy and translucent like pink quartz .