Evening Prayer – 2 December 2015

  
We stopped at St Catherine of Siena Chapel on our way back from a wonderful lunch meeting with Maria Shupe where we discussed life, faith and Highlands Presbyterian Camp & Retreat Center. It is always a great place to be still and know… Sadly that moment was shattered as news came of a horrible event in California…

Today, Lord, hearts are heavy

Yet another senseless massacre

More gun violence and abject hatred

Even as we light the Vesper Candle

Even as tears of shock and sorrow flow

We come before you this night

Lord, in this time of increasing hatred

How your heart must break

As you watch your children slaughter one another

At times like this, words fail…

Lord, we come before you…

Asking what seems to be impossible in this world…

For ourselves and for ALL our neighbors

For those who suffer and those who mourn

Dona Nobis Pacem 

Grant Us Peace 
A wee prayer from the troubled heart of your Padre…