From elliestock@aol.com Mon Oct 2 11:37:11 2017 From: Ellie Stock To: dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Dialogue] Fwd: A Prayer after Las Vegas Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:37:09 -0400 Message-ID: <15ede60a73e-c08-2f81@webjas-vaa054.srv.aolmail.net> In-Reply-To: =?utf-8?q?=3CDM5PR10MB183621F8BCD58E39F5F045D1BC7D0=40DM5PR10MB?= =?utf-8?q?1836=2Enamprd10=2Eprod=2Eoutlook=2Ecom=3E?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0575485956802863378==" --===============0575485956802863378== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarding this prayer after Las Vegas from the pastor of our church. Our gr= eat niece goes to college there but fortunately was not at the concert but co= uld see the police commotion and lights from her dorm room. =20 Now, more talk about gun control...deja vu all over again...=20
Ellie elliestock@aol.com

God of Pain and God of Promise:

Once again we are stunned by the cruelty and ugliness = of gun violence.

Once again our national obsession with guns has led to= excruciating pain and death.

Once again we feel broken and helpless and so very, ve= ry sad.

Holy One, come to each of us =E2=80=93 and give us cla= rity and compassion.

Wrap your arms around grieving families and terrified = victims, and traumatized first responders.

Forgive us for failing to stop this madness.

Forgive us for putting individual rights above communi= ty wholeness.

Forgive us for our silence in the face of evil.=

Remind us of your promise to never forsake us.<= /p>

And renew our promises to be agents of reconciliation = and healing in this world.

We pray in the name of the One who endured pain and tr= ansformed pain into energy for change. Amen

The = Rev. Susan R. Andrews

Inte= rim Pastor

Seco= nd Presbyterian Church

Ipastor2PC@secondchurch.net

Serv= ing Others. Changing Lives=

4501 We= stminster Place

Saint L= ouis, MO.

314-367= -0366

www.secondchurch.net

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