Prayers For an Unworthy Soul

Some occasions tempt me more than others to declare a particular soul unworthy of the grace of God.

But that is, of course, the very definition of the grace of God.  And so I give thanks for the reminder that my soul, too, has no claim to deserve the prayers of the saints, the forgiveness on which it depends, or the beatitude which God's grace imparts.

And I offer a prayer for the unworthy departed, and for those who must somehow learn to live the grace we proclaim:

May he know the love and grace of God in death that he seemed not to know or value in life. And may we all repent of our sadistic delight in the deaths of those for whom our Lord was pleased to die.