Vibrant God, Your creation explodes with the colours of the rainbow.  Your peoples reveal the beauty of diversity.  We remember today when the joy and dignity of a precious child was destroyed. We lament today for the childhoods lost through the residential school system.  We mourn for the spirits crushed and the futures compromised.  Celebrate the hope and joy of every child. Tell the stories of resistance that make us stronger.  Build the bonds of solidarity to ensure "never again."

In the name of the one who was a child among us.  Amen.