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Daily Prayer for August 2, 2010
Finding Healing and Hope after a Loved One’s Death
Sooner or later we all must face the fact of our own mortality. We must recognize, too, that all those we love will die. But our faith tells us that at death, our loved ones are born into eternal life. Our faith can help heal the pain we feel when someone dies.
This is a humbling and awesome truth: that there was a time when we were not here and a time when we will no longer be here. Let it spur us on to action – we should savor this world, for we will leave it some day. We should preserve the good things of the earth for those who will come after us. We should know that our lives are immeasurably precious gifts, to be enjoyed to the fullest. We should love the people close to us, while they are still here.
Prayer
Loving God, I mourn and grieve the loss of loved ones who have died. I long to hear their voices again. I feel alone without them, but I believe that I will see them once again. Heal my grief, my sadness and my loneliness. Thank You for the times I have shared with my loved ones and the many ways my life has been enriched by them. Let me keep in mind the joy with which these loved ones filled my life. Help me find the strength to continue to live faithfully, and to love selflessly all Your children who share in my earthly journey. Amen.
Join us in prayer during the Annual Healing and Hope Novena July 28 through August 5:
E-mail me your Healing Novena prayer intentions.
oblatesusa.org/mami/apl.aspx?path=root/momi/Prayer/PrayerRequests
Call us to share your personal prayers: 1-888-330-6264
Listen to a Healing Novena homily
oblatesusa.org/mami/apl.aspx?path=root/momi/MissionaryWork/Novena%20Schedule
oblatesusa.org
Finding Healing and Hope after a Loved One’s Death
Sooner or later we all must face the fact of our own mortality. We must recognize, too, that all those we love will die. But our faith tells us that at death, our loved ones are born into eternal life. Our faith can help heal the pain we feel when someone dies.
This is a humbling and awesome truth: that there was a time when we were not here and a time when we will no longer be here. Let it spur us on to action – we should savor this world, for we will leave it some day. We should preserve the good things of the earth for those who will come after us. We should know that our lives are immeasurably precious gifts, to be enjoyed to the fullest. We should love the people close to us, while they are still here.
Prayer
Loving God, I mourn and grieve the loss of loved ones who have died. I long to hear their voices again. I feel alone without them, but I believe that I will see them once again. Heal my grief, my sadness and my loneliness. Thank You for the times I have shared with my loved ones and the many ways my life has been enriched by them. Let me keep in mind the joy with which these loved ones filled my life. Help me find the strength to continue to live faithfully, and to love selflessly all Your children who share in my earthly journey. Amen.
Join us in prayer during the Annual Healing and Hope Novena July 28 through August 5:
E-mail me your Healing Novena prayer intentions.
oblatesusa.org/mami/apl.aspx?path=root/momi/Prayer/PrayerRequests
Call us to share your personal prayers: 1-888-330-6264
Listen to a Healing Novena homily
oblatesusa.org/mami/apl.aspx?path=root/momi/MissionaryWork/Novena%20Schedule
oblatesusa.org