Prayers in bereavement
Lord of all gentleness, grant us grace to entrust those whom we love to your unfailing care. Receive them into the arms of your mercy, and grant us with them a share in your kingdom. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.Heavenly Father, you are our refuge and strength. Help and comfort us; increase our faith, dispel our fears, revive our hope. May the Holy Spirit lift us from the darkness of our grief to the light of your presence; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Grant to us, Lord God, to trust not for ourselves alone, but for those also whom we love and who are hidden from us by the shadow of death; that as we believe your power to have raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, so we may trust your love to give eternal life to all who believe in him; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In darkness and light, in trouble and joy, help us, heavenly Father, to trust in your love, to serve your purpose, and to praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Lord, support us all the day long of this troublous life, until the shades lengthen and the evening comes, the busy world is hushed, the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then, Lord, in your mercy, grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at the last; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.