This week, loving Father, we ask you to be particularly close to those who have lost loved ones.  It's so hard to lose those we love, whether through illness, old age, accident or natural disaster.  It's especially hard when someone takes their own life.

God of recovery and wholeness, bring us through these times with a greater sense of you.  Bring us through the grieving and may we remember loved ones with a quiet joy and peace in our hearts.

Amen