Prayer For A Friend

May Yahweh answer you in time of trouble.
May the Name of the God of Jacob protect you!
May he send you help from the sanctuary,
give you support from Zion,
remember all your offerings
and find your sacrifices acceptable;
may he grant you your heart's desire and crown
all your plans with success;
may we shout with joy for your victory,
and plant our banners under the name of our
God!
May Yahweh grant all your petitions!
-Psalm 20 (19)

Lord God, we can hope for others nothing better than the happiness we desire for ourselves. Therefore, I pray to you, do not separate me after death from those I have tenderly loved on earth. Grant that where I am they may be with me, and that I may enjoy their presence in heaven after being so often deprived of it on earth. Lord God, I ask you to receive your beloved children into your life-giving heart. After this brief life of earth, give them eternal happiness. Amen.