Every Child Matters!

See the below prayer from the Diocese to help us through this time of trial.

215 Beloved

A Time of Loss, of Mourning, of Prayer

We pause at this time to remember the 215 children whose graves have been discovered at the Kamloops Residential School.

‘A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.’

We pause at this time to lament with our Indigenous brothers and sisters and all feeling the tremendous hurt and sorrow.

We pause to remember those young lives, who never came home, who suffered, and whose potential and memory has been lost.

We pause and are reminded that there is much work still to be done, in learning the truth and in reconciliation and healing.

We pause to pray the Collect for the Holy Innocents: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, whose children suffered at the hands of Herod, receive, we pray, all innocent victims into the arms of your mercy.

By your great might frustrate all evil designs and establish your reign of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.