# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-05-21T18:03:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

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A Weekly Centering Prayer for These Turbulent Times — When Hatred and Gun Violence Collide #LetUsPray

let us pray —

god of every hue and every human,
gun violence, fueled by hate, 
is not your will.

the depth of our sorrow 
cannot be measured
as groans of grief vibrate in our bones
and the needless loss of life 
surpasses understanding

but what can we expect when we live in
a culture that justifies hatred
because of who one worships
because of who one loves
because of where one was born
because of what one looks like
because of what one does
because of one’s passions
because of one’s politics
because of how one simply moves through the world

. . . and, god, often this hatred is sown in your holy name.

and what can we expect 
when guns are so deeply embedded
in our culture 
when guns are gamified without discretion
when guns are glorified as tools of power
when our response to gun violence is more guns
when gun profit has more power than human potential
when guns are too easy to get
when global siblings have shown us a different way
when we have lost our ability to embody nuance, embrace sensibility, and mine wisdom.
when it feels like we have thrown up our hands and given up.

god, we have lost our way.

and yet, god, you have greater expectations for us
you expect us to choose 
a path of life over death
to choose possibility over profit
to choose acceptance over exclusion
to choose grace over retribution
to choose discernment over disregard
to think
to pray
to act
and above all
to choose love over hate.

for these things we pray — amen.

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#guns #gunviolence #guncontrol #massshooting #islamaphobia #antisematism #hatred

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

massshooting, letuspray, hatred, guncontrol, antisematism, guns, gunviolence, islamaphobia

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