It was a somber ride in this morning with my carpooling colleagues. We were listening to Chicago's classical radio station, which was playing music appropriate for this day; not much conversation; just a stirring of memories for me.
On that day, I wrote a prayer, which we used here for a company-wide prayer service.
Let us pray.
O God of mercy
and forgiveness,We stand before you in pain, in fear, and in grief.
We know you desire good for your people,
which is why we are stunned when we face terror of today's magnitude.
We cry out to you with the word that we share with one another:
"Why?"
In our fear
and doubt, we still turn to you,
O God, and ask
your presence.
Welcome those
who were killed today
into your
loving embrace.Give them eternal peace.
Comfort the
families of those who lost loved ones.
Give them
strength.
Be with those
who have suffered pain.
Heal them.
Guide those
who care for the injured.
Be their
strength.
Lead our
country through this grief.
Comfort us.
Bring justice
to those responsible for this terror.
And Almighty
God,
we pray that
you do not abandon your peoplein their time of need.
Amen!
Gotta sing. Gotta pray.
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