Let us Pray for the Soul of Osama bin Laden

Did that shock you? Good.

You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.

(The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Chapter 5, verses 43-45)

Almighty and eternal Father,
You made man in your own image and likeness
and you sent your only-begotten Son
to pour out His Divine Mercy upon
the whole of Your creation.
Have mercy, we pray, on the soul of your creature
Osama bin Laden,
who named us his enemies in life.
In death may he be reconciled to you,
the Author of all reconciliation.
We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.