Praying for #LasVegas

The Supplication

O Lord, arise, help us;

And deliver us for your Name's sake.

O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers and mothers have declared unto us, the noble works that you have done in their days, and in the time before them.

O Lord, arise, help us;

and deliver us for your Name's sake.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

O Lord, arise, help us;

and deliver us for your Name's sake.

From our enemies defend us, O Christ;

Graciously behold our afflictions.

With compassion behold the sorrows of our hearts;

Mercifully forgive the sins of your people.

Favorably with mercy hear our prayers;

O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and evermore we humbly pray you to hear us, O Christ;

Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord  Christ.

The Officiant concludes

Let us pray.

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (For the Human Family, BCP. p. 815)

Loving God, Jesus gathered your little ones in his arms and blessed them. Have pity on those who mourn for the victims in Las Vegas slaughtered by the violence of our fallen world. Be with us as we struggle with the mysteries of life and death; in our pain, bring your comfort, and in our sorrow, bring your hope and your promise of new life, in the name of Jesus our Savior.

Amen. (Enriching Our Worship 2, p. 143)

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer, p. 833)