Topic Tags: mourning

A powerful ritual for when you have lost an animal companion

“May his/her dreams / be fulfilled / in every one of our breaths…”

“May the souls so callously severed from their bodies find shelter, refuge, in the hidden space beneath Your wings.”

The Reconstructionist version of the Mourner’s Kaddish.

“There are ashes sunken within us / in places that feel too deep to touch…”

“I offer instead / my presence…”

An greeting for mourners orienting towards one another.

“A thousand funerals in / one day    a shortage of diggers / an excess of graves.”

“We are all mourners now / Needing, wanting, giving comfort / For ourselves…” For each other.”

“But today, there are not enough words in the Psalm / to cover the number of victims of this hate.”