Dearest God...
We know that, in Your Divine Mercy, You would never will the death of a child...
But You allow certain things to happen, because they are all part of the mystery of Your Divine Plan...
We can never hope to fully understand these things, but we pray for the Faith, Grace, and Patience to help us accept that
over which we have no control, and to work to change that over which we do...
We know that, in Your Fatherly Love, You will never give us more than we are capable of enduring...
And that, when You close one door, You will always open another...
Give us the strength, in this time of grief and loss, to find that door and Your Peace which awaits us on the other side...
Keep these little ones safe in Your Arms until the day that we are all reunited, and every tear is wiped away. Amen.
Don Dorflinger, 2009