Prayer for Solace and Peace

On the horrifying news today,

I have no meaningful words today.
Nothing can be said, its just too early.
My heart just aches.

Just a simple prayer to our Goddess, that She might find a way to console the inconsolable.

Goddess of Solace,

For the children,
For their parents and families,
For the teachers,
For their friends,
And for this country;

Be with them, and all of us;

The stunned, hurt and afraid,
The angry and horrified.
The inconsolable.

Wrap yourself around them,
As only you can;

Lift them up.
Give them back the hope that was taken from them.

Work to heal, yet again,
As they mourn.

Blessed be to all today,
For we all need it.

-sm

A Prayer to the Goddess of Healing

Oh Goddess of Healing,

Someone is in pain.
Someone is missing a loved one.
Someone is having to learn to live without,
And is adjusting to a new way of life.

We can feel the pain of those we know
As they suffer through it.
We hope to offer them peace:
A hug, a shoulder, an ear.

Oh Goddess of Healing,
Bless those that hurt,
That are mourning a lost one;
Give them that hope, that hug,
That shoulder, that ear.

Let them look around and in themselves
And find you, your hope, your strength.
Let them find you in their friends and family,
And in us, their community.

-sm