Friday, June 19, 2015

PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO DIED IN THE MASSACRE AT EMANUEL AME CHURCH


Dear God, may all those who died in the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, rest in peace and rise in glory. May God give comfort, consolation, and peace to all who love them.
A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26)
Oh God, let it be.

The names of those who were killed:

Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41
Ethel Lance, 70
Susie Jackson, 87
Tywanza Sanders, 26
Cynthia Hurd, 54
Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton,45
DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49
Myra Thompson, 59
Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful, as usual, June. You have a talent for putting our inchoate thoughts into just the right words. And thank you for the passage from Ezekiel.


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