"We said to God: "Today so many people are afraid. They wait in fear of the next tremor. They hear the cries of the injured amid the rubble. They roam the streets in shock at what they see. And they fill the dusty air with wails of grief, and the names of the missing dead. Comfort them, Lord, in this disaster. Be their rock when the earth refuses to stand still, and shelter them under your wings when homes no longer exist.
"Embrace in your arms those who died so suddenly this day. Console the hearts of those who mourn, and ease the pain on bodies on the brink of death.
"Pierce our hearts with compassion, we who watch from afar, as the poorest on this side of the earth find only misery. Move us to act generously this day ... and to pray unceasingly for those without hope.
"For though the mountains leave their place and the hills be tossed to the ground, your love shall never leave us, and your promise of peace will never be shaken. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth."
That's where God is in all this"
