found at Le Sabot Post-Moderne blog: http://www.postmodernclog.com/
Posted by Discoshaman

a prayer for the suffering

I have nothing of any worth to add to what others have already said about the tsunami and the resulting devastation. The mind freezes even trying to imagine the extent of the thing. So in lieu of comment I'm posting a prayer for those in danger from the sea:

"O MOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things below; Look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is now ready to swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living shall praise thee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds and the roaring sea; that we, being delivered from this distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen."

-- from the 1789 US Book of Common Prayer