A PRAYER FOR THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN BOSTON

Lamentations 1

4 The roads to Zion mourn,

    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.

All her gateways are desolate,

    her priests groan,

her young women grieve,

    and she is in bitter anguish.

We have stopped running Lord

We are tired and weary

afraid and scarred

It is too much right now

We have stopped running Lord

We need a place of safety

Safe from the bombs and fear

It is too much right now

We have stopped running Lord

We need our families

To hold and caress and love

It is too much right now

We have stopped running Lord

We wonder if we can run again

We want to feel the joy of life

and the freedom of the streets

It is too much right now

Psalm 46

1 God is our refuge and strength,

    an ever-present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

We will run again Lord

for we know that you are here

running by our side

We will run again Lord

though the earth trembles

we will be guided by your strength

We will run again Lord

with broken hearts and tear stains

that you will heal

We will run again Lord

and shout our joy

for life

for living

for the moment you give us

for the love that sustains us

every step along the race

We will run again

Hallelujah

Amen