How very often we are loss for words when we visit our friends who are grieving . At times when we are asked to say a prayer for them, we are just as lost.
In my search for prayers for the grieving, I found this gem in the Methodist Hymnal (461).
Gracious Lord,
as your Son wept with Mary and Martha at the tomb of Lazrus,
look with compassion onthose who grieve,
Grant them the assurance of your presence now
and faith in your eternal goodness,
that in them may be fulfilled the promise
that those who mourn shall be comforted;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Laurence Hull Stookey, USA. 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House.
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