Prayers to the Community of Sandy Hook Elementary School

St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Our hearts are filled with deep sorrow for the families and the community of Sandy Hook Elementary school.  On behalf of the Associated Alumnae & Alumni of the Sacred Heart we pray for all those that have been affected by the senseless tragedy that took place in Newtown, Connecticut.

Heartfelt sympathies to the families of the following victims:

Charlotte Bacon, 6

Daniel Barden, 7

Rachel Davino, 29

Olivia Engel, 6

Josephine Gay, 7

Ana Marquez-Greene, 6

Dylan Hockley, 6

Dawn Hochsprung, 47

Madeleine Hsu, 6

Catherine Hubbard, 6

Chase Kowalski, 7

Jesse Lewis, 6

James Mattioli, 6

Grace McDonnell, 7

Anne Marie Murphy, 52

Emilie Parker, 6

Jack Pinto, 6

Noah Pozner, 6

Caroline Previdi, 6

Jessica Rekos, 6

Avielle Richman, 6

Lauren Rousseau, 30

Mary Sherlach, 56

Victoria Soto, 27

Benjamin Wheeler, 6

Allison Wyatt, 6

A Prayer St. Madeleine Sophie Recited Every Day

Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus,

give me a heart that is one with your own;

a humble heart

that knows and loves nothingness;

a gentle heart

that holds and calms its own anxieties;

a loving heart

that has compassion for the suffering of others;

a pure heart

that recoils even at the appearance of evil;

a detached heart

that longs for nothing other than the goodness of heaven;

a heart detached from self-love and embraced by the love of God,

its attention focused on God,

its goodness is its only treasure

in time and in eternity.

Amen