Prayer

November - the Month of Remembrance

Loving Sacred,

We are called to remember those who have died, particularly those who have died in the past year,

and pray for their joyful reunion with you, their loving creator. 

As your son taught us to call the stranger neighbour, our fallen are many:

(Pause for silent reflection and thought)

Names we will never know, voices we have never heard, in lands we may never visit,

yet sisters and brothers all

and so we pray,

Grant eternal rest, O Lord

For victims of war, caught in the crossfires of conflicts we could not quell,

for soldiers and civilians, adults and children, we pray …

Grant eternal rest, O Lord.

For migrants who have died seeking a haven where they hoped to find safety and opportunity for themselves and for their families, we pray …

Grant eternal rest, O Lord.

For victims of hunger, denied their share in the bounty you have placed before us, we pray …

Grant eternal rest, O Lord.

For victims of AIDS, Malaria, Ebola, Coronavirus and other infectious diseases and viruses, who died before adequate care could reach them, we pray …

Grant eternal rest, O Lord.

For refugees seeking asylum from war, who died in a land that was not their home, we pray …

Grant eternal rest, O Lord.

For victims of emergencies and calamities everywhere, who died amid chaos and confusion, we pray …

Grant eternal rest, O Lord.

Lord, as you command, we reach out to the fallen.

We call on you on behalf of those we could not reach this year.

You raised your son from the dead that all may share in his joyful resurrection.

In Jesus' name, we pray …

Amen