God we pray for the Black Lives that fall before us.
God we pray with grief for the Black Lives that are taken from us.
God we pray with deep tears for the Black Lives that are cut away by us.
God we pray with sacred, sorrowful hearts for our Black Brothers and Sisters who are with us.
God, please hear our prayers for the Black Lives who are no longer with us– George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and
Breonna Taylor and Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin and Philando Castile and Michael Brown and … and… and…
— and for the Black Lives that must suffer the oppression made by us.
God, please hear our prayer.