Standing in the Circle of Grief: Prayers and Liturgies for Death and Dying

Standing in the Circle of Grief......Page 2
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?......Page 3
Surrounding the Deathbed with Prayer......Page 5
Prayers for Guidance......Page 6
Prayers for Comfort......Page 8
Prayers for the Strengthening of Faith......Page 9
The Word of God......Page 11
Acts of Peace and Reconciliation......Page 13
Closing Prayer......Page 14
After Suicide......Page 16
After a Preventable Death......Page 17
After an Event in Which Many People Died......Page 18
At the Cessation of Life Support......Page 19
After the Death of a Divorced Spouse......Page 20
After the Death of an Abusive Parent......Page 21
After a Miscarriage......Page 22
For a Stillborn Infant......Page 23
After the Death of a Child......Page 24
After the Death of a Teenager......Page 25
After a Death at the End of a Long Life......Page 27
Great Is Your Faithfulness: A Responsive Prayer......Page 29
Thanks Be to God for the Victory: A Reading from 1 Corinthians 15......Page 31
If Death My Friend and Me Divide......Page 32
Maker of Heaven and Earth......Page 33
The Coming of Our Comforter: A Reading from John 14......Page 34
Breaking Bread with the Risen Christ......Page 35
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place:......Page 36
Greeted by Saints and Angels......Page 37
God’s Home Is with Mortals:......Page 38
Nothing Separates Us from Christ’s Love:......Page 39
A Litany for Those in the Circle of Grief......Page 41
Psalm 90: Three Prayers......Page 43
The Risen Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene:......Page 45
God Will Raise Us Also with Jesus:......Page 46
The Word of God......Page 48
The Acts of Faith......Page 50
Going Forth......Page 51
The Word of God......Page 52
Acts of Remembrance......Page 54
Closing Prayer......Page 55
VII--Grief and Prayer Through the Church Year......Page 56
A Prayer Calendar for Those Standing in the Circle of Grief......Page 57
Acts of Reconciliation......Page 74
Prayers for the Sick and Suffering......Page 75
Invitation to Anointing......Page 76
Prayer After Anointing......Page 77
Dismissal with Blessing......Page 78
Prayer for Dying Children in Africa......Page 79
Prayer for Victims of War......Page 80
Prayer for Victims of Violent Crimes......Page 81
Prayer for the Condemned......Page 82
Prayer for Creation......Page 83
A Postscript Written Following September 11, 2001......Page 85
Prayer for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks......Page 87
Intercessory Prayer6......Page 88
Kyrie......Page 89
Blessing......Page 90
Notes......Page 92
STANDING IN THE CIRCLE OF GRIEF......Page 93