ARE ANY AMONG YOU SUFFERING? LET THEM PRAY. IS ANYONE CHEERFUL? LET THEM SING PRAISES.
ISAIAH 57:2
THOSE WHO WALK UPRIGHTLY ENTER INTO PEACE; _ THEY WILL FIND REST AS THEY LIE DOWN IN DEATH. _
ISAIAH 60:20b
THE LORD SHALL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, AND THE DAYS OF YOUR MOURNING SHALL BE ENDED.
LAMENTATIONS 3:31-32
THE LORD WILL NOT A– BANDON US FOREVER, THOUGH HE BRINGS GRIEF, HE WILL SHOW HIS GREAT MERCY.
ISAIAH 25:8
I WILL SWALLOW UP DEATH FOREVER I WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR. _
PSALM 147:3-4
YOU HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED AND BIND UP THEIR WOUNDS, YOU NUMBER THE STARS AND CALL EACH ONE BY NAME.
PSALM 116:15
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD OUR GOD, _ IS THE DEATH OF HIS FAITHFUL SERVANTS.
PRAYER OF ST FRANCIS IV
WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS LET ME SOW LIGHT; _ WHERE THERE IS SADNESS LET ME SOW JOY; _
PSALM 56:8
YOU HAVE SEEN ME TOSS AND TURN IN THE NIGHT, _ YOU HAVE KEPT MY TEARS IN YOUR BOTTLE.
PSALM 30:11
YOU HAVE TURNED MY MOURNING INTO DANCING; YOU LOOSED THE CLOAK OF SADNESS AND CLOTHED ME IN GLADNESS.