A prayer: "For Those in Pain"

Lord sometime I want to howl in pain and anger when I hear of the death of some person or child who is innocent of any sin or evil.

I often direct this anger towards you because I don’t know
where else to place it.

I don’t understand how a loving God can stand by and watch this cruel world send its rock slide of pain down upon the innocent.

But that is exactly the point Lord, it isn’t you that sends
the pain, it is something that exists in this world that
is evil.

Something that we cannot describe fully, rolls over the
top of us when we least expect it.

We struggle to understand, but wisdom and insight
fail to be our gifts and we settle back into ignorance,
sorrow and blindness.

That is when we can turn to you for help. The past
is done but the future is pregnant with possibilities.

Our departed loved ones leave behind the sweet
taste of their love in great abundance and it is
this that will redeem our spirits and offer us
succor.

Lord turn us from bitterness and in your wisdom
show us how to spread love and not our sorrow
to the world around us.

Amen


Deacon Tom Coffey
Spring 2008