Touch of the Hands

Residents hold hands and pray at Jones High School for a vigil to remember those killed

 in the Pulse Nightclub shooting on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel)

'Tis the human touch in this world that counts, 

The touch of your hand and mine

Which means far more to the fainting heart  

Than shelter and bread and wine;

For shelter is gone when the night is o'er,

And bread lasts only a day,  

But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice

Sing on in the soul alway. 

                                     

                                      -- Spencer Michael Free

Prayers for our country today. 

For love to be stronger than hate. 

For healing more powerful than the pain. 

For our hands to come together in unity. 

May mercy triumph over evil. 

Compassion over injustice.

Hope in all times.

Amen.