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Prayer for VA Tech

Lord, be merciful to Cho and forgive him for his violence.

Lord, teach us to see and to hold fellowship with those on the margins, those who are invisible, those who are neglected and ignored.

Lord, bring comfort to the hurting through the presence of the counseling Spirit.

Lord, break our hearts. Amen.

As Dean Sam Wells said today at the vigil service here at Duke, honoring this tragedy together reveals both the beauty of our common existence and the horrors that break our hearts. While for us this happens on one particular day, God's heart is broken every day. And that is the cost of love.