A Prayer for the Death of a Child

Come, Holy One, come.
Come to those who are weary,
and need rest and relief.
Come to those who mourn.

Loving God,
we turn to you in times of heartbreak and grief.
We know that your thoughts are not our thoughts,
and you are too high for us to comprehend.
But you, Loving One, suffer with us
and know our pains,
as we are your very own.
We know you bend your heart to those
who cry out to you.

Send out your Spirit
upon those who mourn a loss beyond comprehension,
and give us guidance to do what we can
to love them through these days and hours.

Amen, amen, amen.



For Delia Fader, may she rest in peace and rise in glory,
and for her parents and her sister,
and all her family and friends.