Responsory:
One: God come to our assistance and make haste to help us.
All: We are hurting for a myriad of reasons and none at all.
One: Our pain is real and we ache to be delivered.
All: No more the loneliness and isolation we pray; be our solace and joy.
One: We pray that hearts once broken may be made whole and resilient.
All: Now and always may it be so.
Reading:
Matthew 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Silence: kept as one desires and needs
Prayer:
Strength and peace of the lonely and brokenhearted; hear us as we call to you from our pain and sorrow. Heal us as we gather the desires and hopes of our hearts; and our prayers for those we love and those who have no one to pray for them. May the sunrise find us newly refreshed and hopeful that what we have asked has been granted. In faith and hope we proclaim: Amen
Closing:
One: May the night ahead bring us rest and strength.
All: May the morning find us rejoicing.
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