Litany to be prayed together. Please include your own phrases
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For times such as these
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For all the pain around us
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For when we don’t understand
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For when death interrupts lives in its fullness
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For for those who died before time
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For mothers
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For fathers
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For sisters and brothers
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For Grandmothers and Grandfathers
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For uncles and unties
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For friends
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For grief and mourning
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For the loss of community values
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For the lack of investment in education
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For a country that pays so little to its teachers
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For a country that gives tax breaks to its richest
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For the absence of a net support for those who are hurting
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those of us who refuse to speak and to act against injustice
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For poverty and violence all around us
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For a country that does not have any laws on gun control
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those of us who are angry, very angry
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For feelings of powerlessness
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For anxious and sad hearts
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who think that lack of prayers in schools is the result of such events
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who think that this killing was a sign of God
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who cannot understand how a God of love would let this happen
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For us who learn everyday that we shouldn’t care for anybody else
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who cannot pray today
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For the ones who saw it happening but didn’t die
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who, like God, came after
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For chaplains, nurses, fire fighters, police officers,
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who carried and washed and cleaned and loved the bodies of the dead
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For our lack of care for the least of these
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For those who forget that communities are dealing with death of children everyday
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For the rampant violence against children everyday in this nation and around the world
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For children who lost their parents when they cross the borders
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For enslaved children
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For children who are explored sexually
God in your mercy, hear our prayer
For children who go hungry every single day of their lives
Christ in your mercy, hear our prayer
For the people of Newtown in Connecticut and all those who are going through unspeakable pain
God have mercy, Christ have mercy
Come Holy Spirit , Come
Come and hear our prayer
* Cláudio Carvalhaes
* For those who want to engage in gun violence prevention:
http://www.bradycampaign.org/
