The sonnet, titled A Prayer for Comfort in Christ’s Boundless Love as Death Draws Near, is a Shakespearean sonnet offering a heartfelt prayer for those grieving as a loved one nears death. It portrays God as a merciful anchor and beacon, providing strength and light amid sorrow and fear. The prayer seeks peace for the dying, enveloped in Christ’s grace, and comfort for those left behind, depicted as God’s flock navigating grief’s uncertainty. With vivid imagery of heaven’s gate and a calming divine presence, it emphasizes trust in God’s eternal love and guidance, blending solace with hope.

A Prayer for Comfort in Christ’s Boundless Love as Death Draws Near

O Lord, whose mercy holds us in our fears,
We lift this family’s heart to Thy kind care.
As death draws near, with pain and trembling tears,
Thy boundless love sustains them through their sorrow.

Thou art their anchor in this fragile hour,
A beacon bright when shadows cloud their sight.
With gentle grace, bestow Thy soothing peace,
To ease their soul and fill their dark with light.

For one so dear, now poised at heaven’s gate,
We seek Thy peace to guide their final breath.
O Christ, enfold them in Thy sacred state,
And calm their fears before the veil of death.

Uphold thy flock in grief’s uncertain sea,
And lead them, Lord, to trust eternally in Thee.