A Canticle for Broken Hearts

Prayer of the week

Healer of Hearts,

you who know every break, every tear, every hairline fracture

you who abide in each beat and flutter

and in the silences between

you who cradle this, my heart, in your hand

stitch these wounds with threads of light

fill up this, my loss, with waves of unwavering love

grant me safe haven from the world’s unkindness

for now, for this one space of silence

I am in your peace

healing, brightening, generating

to carry this, your love,

out into the world

for another beat