Yet, it seems to have been adapted from the Greeks and the Romans’ nine day mourning period for the deceased. There are novenas of: a) Mourning (such as during the nine days following the death of the pope); b) Preparation (for nine days of prayer before special feasts in our ...
Father, I ask You for a fresh vision for what breakthrough will look like in my life. Help me to pursue healing while I wait for my miracle. Show me how to rest right in the middle of the storm. Help me to enjoy the feast You prepare for me, right in the middle of the battlef...
3. “Prayer for Mourning” This is a prayer for those who are suffering. It’s a reminder that they’re not alone and light will shine on them again. May you see God's light on the path ahead / When the road you walk is dark. / May you always hear, / Even in your hour of ...
Prayers for the departed: A white elephant in the hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania In 2012, the ELCT published a new hymnal, which included a number of prayers for those mourning their deceased friends and relatives, as well as prayers for the deceased individuals themselves...
Remember as well to keep your eyes on the prize: heaven, where “God will wipe way every tear…and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore” (Rev 21:4). Also, feel free to ask for prayers for yourself or others on our prayer requests...
Rabbi Karen Reiss Medwed said she had that balance — others might say contradiction — in mind when she wrote a ”Yizkor for the Victims Of October 7” for the Conservative movement. Blending personal and communal mourning “You never want to overshadow and make people feel like their personal...
mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That...
On Tisha Be’Av, mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples, many Orthodox communities added to lamentations for Jerusalem a lament written by Yagel Haroush for Kibbutz Be’eri and other destroyed communities of the South. Slihot (penitential) prayers ahead of the Jewish New Year...
Let us pray: Thank You, Jesus, for loving me into being with a love stronger than death. Amen. The Second Station: Jesus Takes Up His Cross We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. Dear Jesus, You are God! Why did You al...
pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father (said after the set of Hail Marys) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, ...