A Prayer for Sandy Hook Elementary School

We have just learned of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut where at least 20 children and 6 adults are confirmed dead. The gunmen is also dead.

Please join us in prayer:

Dear God,

We lift up to you the children, staff, and families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in wake of the terrible shooting that happened there this morning.

In Your divine mercy, please send Your healing grace upon all who were wounded, and Your mercy upon the souls of all who were killed. Please send Your healing mercies upon the children, all of whom are so frightened and traumatized by this attack. Bless also their families as they wait for news of their children, and as they seek to comfort and reassure them today and in the days ahead.

Dear God, have mercy also upon the soul of the one who committed this terrible act of violence. Only You know the depths of the heart, and thus only You can judge. Please make good come out of this sorrow, according to Your promise.

Finally, dear God, thank You that Your Son Jesus has assured us, “Be not afraid. … I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).

In Jesus name we pray. Amen.