We offer our condolences to those affected by the tragedy in Nice, France last week.
O God, your Son Jesus Christ wept over Lazarus his friend,
and heard the anguished cries of Jairus for his daughter;
hear those whose lives have been marked by tragedy in Nice
and whose hearts ache with grief.
Console those whose world has been shattered
and whom no words can console.
Comfort them in their darkest hour
with the assurance that nothing can
separate us from your love.
Raise the dead to new life
that all may again sing songs of thankfulness and praise,
to your honour and glory. Amen.
From "Prayers for All Occasions" by Ian Black, (London: SPCK, 2011), 64.