Gracious God, we raise our prayers to you upon hearing of gun violence at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.

We pray for those who suffer the trauma of gun violence in their communities and elsewhere.

We ask for wisdom in responding to our stricken neighbors, for resolve in working to end gun violence, for persistence in opposing antisemitism and all forms of religious bigotry or violence, and for strengthened solidarity with those who experience them.

Amen.