Prayer Request

A reader writes:

I am asking for prayers for the repose of the soul of my aunt, C., who passed away suddenly earlier today. She lived in another state and we have not seen her since 1989; there were a lot of reasons for this, none of them particularly happy, but she did always send cards for every holiday and gifts at Christmas that were always a delight to open. I will not miss the material things, but what they represented: threads connecting me to a family member distanced from us by much more than geography. These were the avenues she preferred reaching out to us through. Knowing now I will not get another card for the Fourth of July or Halloween or Christmas makes me sad indeed.

I also ask for prayers for her children, her husband in the coming days and weeks.

Prayers would especially be appreciated for my mother and grandmother, who are feeling the deep pang of losing a sister and a daughter. They are inconsolable and I cannot mend their broken hearts, so I ask God to do it for me.

Father, hear our prayer through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Mother Mary, pray for all involved in this situation, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.