Child Lost Through Miscarriage

Opening

May the grace and peace of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, be with us all.

We gather here, in the face of the preciousness of life and of the mystery of death. ____________ and ____________, with the death of your child something has changed irrevocably: anticipation has been thwarted, hope has been dashed, possibility has been ended, a corner has been turned.

____________and ____________for you, too, anticipation of a new life in your home was thwarted, and the possibility of having a brother or sister was ended.

In all of this there has been crying and hurt, anger and frustration, times of being scared and of holding one another, times of shouting and sobbing.

In all of this we are reminded of the frailty of life, and the mystery of death. At the sam…