Praying with a Broken Heart

​Please pray with me. I pray for the families in Uvalde, in Buffalo, in New York City, in Oxford, and in so many other sites of tragedy. Infinite Presence, with a broken heart, I pray that families, friends, and communities are feeling the love of God, that they feel not alone. I pray that every grieving person is held by caring arms. I pray that the grace of forgiveness becomes a felt experience for them, for us all. Dear God, I pray that law-makers come to points of connection and compassion, that they selflessly take action to change our course of violence. I pray that voters are compelled to follow their pure heart and elect representatives who advance communities of peace. Spirit, I pray that the hurtful aspects of my own heart be released and forgiven. I pray that the good of God become the collective consciousness of us all. Amen.

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