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\n(Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span>
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To complement the many psalms of lament and your own ‘wordless sighs’ and ‘aching groans’ (Romans 8:26, MSG<\/a>), here are three short prayers of lament to try on for size … to pray for yourself, or on behalf of someone else.<\/p>\n

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#1<\/h3>\n

Heart of my shattered heart,
\nwho will soothe the buried lament?
\nWho will pour oil on the biting pang
\nthat never dies
\nChrist, do you hear the words held back?
\nYou are there, a love most healing.
\n 
\n~ written by Brother Roger of Taize<\/strong>,
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #223
\n <\/p>\n\n

#2<\/h3>\n

Lord Jesus,
\nmany of us are waiting for you:
\n the war-torn are waiting for peace,
\n the hungry are waiting for bread.
\n the refugees are waiting for a homeland,
\n the sick are waiting for healers.
\nHave you forgotten us?
\nO Lord, come quickly, we pray.
\nAmen.
\n 
\n~ written by Bruce Prewer<\/strong>, posted on bruceprewer.com<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n\n

#3<\/h3>\n

Lord of my darkest place:
\nLet in your light.<\/p>\n

Lord of my greatest fear:
\nLet in your peace.<\/p>\n

Lord of my most bitter shame:
\nLet in your word of grace.<\/p>\n

Lord of my oldest grudge:
\nLet in your forgiveness.<\/p>\n

Lord of my deepest anger:
\nLet it out.<\/p>\n

Lord of my loneliest moment:
\nLet in your presence.<\/p>\n

Lord of my truest self – my all:
\nLet in your wholeness.
\n 
\n~ written by Alison Pepper<\/strong>,
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #283
\n <\/p>\n\n

 
\nPrayer poem for Lent 4B : Talk about it<\/a><\/strong>
\n 
\nThis prayer poem is inspired by Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22<\/a>, in particular verse 2a: “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story …<\/em>”
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\n3 Prayers for Lent<\/a>
\n3 Prayers while waiting<\/a>
\n3 Prayers for refugees<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photo: Irene Bom)   To complement the many psalms of lament and your own ‘wordless sighs’ and ‘aching groans’ (Romans 8:26, MSG), here are three short prayers of lament to try on for size … to pray for yourself, or on behalf of someone else.   #1 Heart of my shattered heart, who will soothe … Continue reading “3 Prayers of lament”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[63,3],"tags":[105,197],"class_list":["post-11070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-prayer","tag-3-prayers","tag-sorrow"],"yoast_head":"\n3 Prayers of lament - 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The events of the past few days have overwhelmed us \u2014 it\u2019s hard\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "prayer"","block_context":{"text":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ethiopian_blessing.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ethiopian_blessing.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ethiopian_blessing.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ethiopian_blessing.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16233,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/04\/15\/higher-than-i\/","url_meta":{"origin":11070,"position":4},"title":"Higher than I","author":"Irene Bom","date":"April 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help]. Psalm 61:2, Amplified Bible \u00a0 Litany based on Psalm 34:1-10 Living\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/de_huijberg_vegetable_patch.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/de_huijberg_vegetable_patch.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/de_huijberg_vegetable_patch.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/de_huijberg_vegetable_patch.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15362,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/06\/27\/prayer-and-the-way-we-are\/","url_meta":{"origin":11070,"position":5},"title":"Prayer and the way we are","author":"Irene Bom","date":"June 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \"Prayer is not only a matter of saying the right sort of words to the right kind of God. Our being is involved, the way we are.\" by Eugene Peterson, from Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer, p. 24 \u00a0 A prayer inspired by Psalm 1 King\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daisy_dry.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daisy_dry.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daisy_dry.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daisy_dry.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">poetry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/\" rel=\"category tag\">prayer<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"(Photo: Irene Bom)   To complement the many psalms of lament and your own ‘wordless sighs’ and ‘aching groans’ (Romans 8:26, MSG), here are three short prayers of lament to try on for size … to pray for yourself, or on behalf of someone else.   #1 Heart of my shattered heart, who will soothe…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}