O Comforting One,I learned today of a family's loss, and I remembered hearing Paula D'Arcy say that anything will be the wrong thing to say to someone grieving-- mentioning the loss will sometimes be wrong, not mentioning the loss will be wrong, too.
Compassionate One,
be with us all
when we suffer loss
and ache with the pain of grieving.
Give us a glimpse
of the way it will be
when love will never be taken away,
when life itself will not be diminished,
when all that we hold most precious
will live and remain with us forever.
-Miriam Therese Winter
I will say the wrong things. But I will still care for those who mourn, and will pray that God can make something of my inadequacy.
A lovely prayer. . .praying peace and comfort for the family.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry, Di. Prayer goes with you as you accompany them.
ReplyDeleteOnly accompanying in prayer, Robin, as my connection with them is small.
ReplyDelete