For Those Who Have Died Violently or in Great Distress

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Prayer from The Pagan Book of Living and Dying, personalized for the recent shooting in Connecticut.



For Those Who Have Died Violently or in Great Distress

Mother of healing,
help us to believe in the
place where wounds can heal.

Mother of weaving,
show us that what has been torn
can there be mended.

The worst has happened.
How can we believe again
in hope, love, and kindness?

Victims and loved ones of the Sandy Hook massacre
Victims and loved ones of the Sandy Hook massacre
Victims and loved ones of the Sandy Hook massacre

Boatman, Ferryman,
They have had a rough crossing.
Carry them gently.

Comfort them, Mother,
in your warm arms of
night; rock them to sleep.

And by our rage,
Mother of Justice,
May justice be done.