Dear Lord,
We miss them!
Our loved ones served and sacrificed for our nation.
Their high calling and their service has protected and sheltered us.
Their commitments have preserved our nation and our freedoms.
As we grieve them and mourn for ourselves, we will never forget them!
Lift up our hearts with your consolation and the truth of the Resurrection.
Send your graces to every military family, and to their friends.
Make us rich in the knowledge that you are the way, the truth and the life.
Strengthen us with the hope of the life to come.
Amen.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let your perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed
rest in peace.
Amen.
I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me
will never die.
John 11:25-26
