Spirit of life,
Hold me now with strength as I pray;
Help me to be in my own body.
Hold us now with strength as we pray;
Help us to be in our communal body.
Spirit of life, breath into us and through us
Give us the courage to breath into the pain, the grief, the collective wounds of which we are a part.
Give us the courage to hold the truth that so many cannot breath right now.
Give us the courage to let your breath move in us and through us.
Hold us in our grief
Unsettle us when we need to be shaken.
Shelter us when we need to rest.
Give us the courage to keep breathing as we move back out into the world.
Spirit of life,
Hold us now with strength as we pray;
Hold me now with strength as I pray.