A Prayer for the Girl Stabbed on the Train

A Prayer for the Girl Stabbed on the Train

A Spiritual Response to the News | CurlyNikki.com

“Stay focused on light when darkness is present.” – A Wrinkle In Time

When the Headlines Hurt, Pray.

Some headlines hit differently.

You’re just scrolling, looking for a recipe or checking messages, and suddenly you’re face to face with something awful. Something very real. Something that makes your chest tighten and your breath catch.

“Girl stabbed to death on train.”

We feel it. And we don’t always know what to do with that feeling, especially when it happens 3, 4, 10 times a day.

But what if we could let that feeling become a prayer?

What if every headline became an opportunity to return to God?

To return to Love.

What Happened

According to news reports, a young woman was stabbed on a train in Charlotte, NC in what appears to have been a random act of violence. She did not survive. Authorities have detained a suspect.

The news is still developing.

But even now, we pray.

Pray With Me for Iryna Zarutska 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Lord Jesus,

We lift up the soul of this young woman, Iryna Zarutska. 

We pray for her family who may still be in shock right now.

We pray for peace and mercy to surround them.

We pray for the man who did this.

We don’t understand, but we trust that You do.

We ask that You enter even here.

That You transform even this.

That Your mercy would reach everyone involved.

And we pray for ourselves.

For this broken world.

For the places in us that still react with fear, judgment, or confusion.

Heal us. Change us. Protect us.

May we respond to the darkness with Light.

To violence with forgiveness.

To fear with faith.

Let’s Pray the Following Together:

• 1x Our Father 

• 3x Hail Marys

• Glory Be

• Trisagion Prayer 

“Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.”

‘The Lord’s Prayer ‘is truly the summary of the whole gospel.’ ‘Since the Lord… after handing over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, ‘Ask and you will receive, ‘ and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer (the Lord’s Prayer) is said first, as the foundation of further desires.’

– Tertullian, De orat. 
from the Catechism of the Catholic Church; 2761. – EWTN

“Hail, Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.”

“Glory be to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning
is now, and ever shall be
world without end.

Amen.”

“Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” (3x)

“For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” (3x or full Chaplet if time allows)

You Are Not Powerless

When you see headlines like this, don’t scroll past.

Pause.

Breathe.

Pray.

Because prayer is power.

And Presence is protection.

And your faith is not small.

You can make a difference, right now, by turning your eyes toward Heaven. 

CurlyNikki Says:

This prayer was written in real time, in response to today’s trending story. I’ll be sharing more prayers like this whenever major headlines break. Not to stir emotion, but to offer stillness. I come face to face with my mortality… every time I get on IG there’s bad news, devestating news. I used to meet it with dread, now I meet it with Awareness and Prayer. I posture myself before even logging on. Posture with me. Sit with me. Pray for the whole world. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal have mercy on us! Love is still here.