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Topic: death
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Prayer
Prayer for those grieving the death of a parent with whom they had a difficult relationship
I pray for your soul, at peace, at last, with God.
Please pray for me.
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Prayer
Prayer for those grieving the loss of a beloved parent
I miss your voice on the other end of the line.
I miss your advice. I will surely stumble without it.
I miss the you-ness of you. I wish I could hug you again.
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Prayer
Prayer on the death of a pet
I turn to you for comfort, for the sure knowing
that my pet is with you forever and that
some far-off day, we will be reunited.
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Prayer
Prayer for the Loss of a Pregnancy
I ask the Creator of Life
to hear my cries.
Soothe my soul, my aching arms
that long for a baby to hold.
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Prayer
Prayer for a deceased loved one on their birthday
I celebrate the life of the beloved I knew,
the hands I held, the life I shared.
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Prayer
In time of loss
In this moment of loss, let me draw into myself, O God,
the light of your radiant love.
May it be a fire of renewed energy within me.
that I may rise from the pain and sadness
that now weigh upon my heart.
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Prayer
Day of the Dead/ Dia de los Muertos Prayer
Creator of the Universe, in your grace you promise us that those who die still live in Your presence. Their spirits have simply been transformed but have not ended. I pray in gratitude and hope for my family, relatives and friends that have gone before me, and for all the dead known to You alone.
Quote
“It will be good to die like Sister did, but for that we have to live as she did. She did not think even once that she had to be judged ... she ran toward Jesus with the greatest love but without a particle of fear.”
Quote
“On the Feast of All Saints, raise up your heart to God and ask [God] to obtain for you a place among the blessed in heaven. How happy we shall be there!”
Quote
“We again offered up to heaven the sacrifices of all that we loved, and we thought of those who were weeping for us.”
Quote
“She was all this time a good Sister of Providence, and her loss is keenly felt, by none however so deeply as by me.”
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