{"id":8802,"date":"2019-08-07T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=8802"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:40:22","slug":"a-litany-for-our-inability-to-end-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2019\/08\/07\/a-litany-for-our-inability-to-end-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"A litany for our inability to end gun violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Adapted from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2018\/02\/22\/a-litany-for-the-teens-in-parkland-fl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A litany for the teens in Parkland, FL<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8852\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8852\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/christ-in-the-desert-web.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Jesus-cross-figurine\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/christ-in-the-desert-web.jpg 1508w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/christ-in-the-desert-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/christ-in-the-desert-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/christ-in-the-desert-web-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/christ-in-the-desert-web-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image was captured by Sister Julia Walsh in the chapel at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lord, have mercy.<br \/>\nChrist, have mercy.<br \/>\nChrist, hear us.<br \/>\nChrist, graciously hear us.<\/p>\n<p>For our failure to protect life, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to elect leaders who protect all life, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to end unjust laws, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our tendency to justify evil, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our tendency to complicate love, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our tendency to accept hate, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our tendency to avoid confrontation, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our tendency to allow white supremacy, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our tendency to shrug our shoulders in the face of evil, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our greed, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our pride, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our violence, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our excuses, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our selfishness, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our stubbornness, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our love of guns, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our desecration of public places, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our desecration of celebration, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our desecration of diversity, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our desecration of the joy of being young, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our desecration of ordinary days, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor permitting a society full of inequality, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor allowing money to have more power than people, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor putting any life above another life, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor calling people monsters, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor being numb to bad news, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor being numb to the loss of life, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor being numb to the evil of violence, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to build a compassionate society, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to love our enemies, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to believe in you, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to destroy our idols, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to end hate, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to stop racism, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to end white supremacy, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to follow your nonviolent way, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to trust You, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to trust each other, God, have mercy.<br \/>\nFor our failure to love one another, God, have mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Heal our sorrow, Help us, Good God.<br \/>\nMend our hearts, Help us, Good God.<br \/>\nMake us yours, Help us, Good God.<\/p>\n<p>For the faithful who honor all life, We thank you God.<br \/>\nFor the speakers who challenge the status quo, We thank you God.<br \/>\nFor the powerful who build unity and peace, We thank you God.<br \/>\nFor parents who shield their children from bullets, We thank you God.<br \/>\nFor strangers who sacrifice their lives for others, We thank you 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