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Dear God, | |
Your precious Children are crying. We have every reason to become numb, to become used to this blasphemous trend, to barely even register that Your Images are being erased by cold guns wielded by hurtful hearts. | |
God, we know we must act, and we know that, in order to act, we must feel the urgency – Your Urgency. We must channel Your pain at the deaths of Your children – in Your Holy Home – and remind ourselves and our leaders to look to the Tree of life | |
and choose life | |
We’ve been too quiet, mistaking status updates and reactionary prayers for repentance. Our nation has endured the epidemic of Gun Violence for far too long. | |
And so, God, as we feel the beginnings of our own weariness after two mass shootings within four hours we remember the wisdom of Your Prophet, who taught that: | |
וְקוֹיֵ יְהוָה יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ יַעֲלוּ אֵבֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִים יָרוּצוּ וְלֹא יִיגָעוּ יֵלְכוּ וְלֹא יִיעָפוּ׃ (ישעיה מ:לא) |
“…those who hope in God will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”[1] Isaiah 40:31 |
We pray to You for renewal as we spread our protective wings over one another again, running to justice, refusing weariness, and choosing life. | |
May we sing louder than weapons and merit to see You in each other’s eyes, sanctifying Your Name by standing together by rising up again, this time rebuilding Your World by saving each other. | |
Amen. |
“A Prayer for Pittsburgh” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor at his website, and shared with the Open Siddur Project via our Facebook discussion group.
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