The following is a list of events which are scheduled to occur on any day in which an execution is scheduled to occur in Alabama.

Mobile: Prayer vigil in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Dauphin at Clairborne St. 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Montgomery: Prayer vigil on the steps of the Capitol, 5:30 p.m.

Birmingham: Prayer vigil in Kelly Ingram Park, opposite the King statue, 5:45 pm

Holman Prison: The men will show their respect and solidarity by not doing sports and wearing their dress whites for yard on Wednesday and Thursday.

All times are CDT.

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My Personal Vigil

Opening Prayer:

Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, A Prayer to Abolish the Death Penalty

 

God of compassion,
You let your rain fall on the just and the unjust.
Expand and deepen our hearts
So that we may love you as You love,
Even those among us
Who have caused the greatest pain by taking life.
For there is in our land a great cry for vengence
As we fill up death rows and kill the killers
In the name of justice, in the name of peace
Jesus, our brother
you suffered execution at the hands of the state
But you did not let hatred overcome you.
Help us reach out to victims of violence
So that our enduring love may help them heal.
Holy Spirit of God,
You strengthen us in the struggle for justice,
Help us to work tirelessly
for the abolition of state-sanctioned death
and to renew our society in its very heary
So that violence will be no more.
Amen

Hymn:

“Here I Am, Lord” Words and Music by Daniel L Schutte
© 1981

 

Genesis 46:2
“And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night,
and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.”

 

I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin,
My hand will save.

 

Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

 

I, who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?

 

Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

 

I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my people’s pain.
I have wept for love of them.
They turn away.

 

Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

 

I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my words to them.
Whom shall I send?

 

Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

 

I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will send the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.

 

Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

 

Finest bread I will provide,
‘Til their hearts be satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?

 

Chorus
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

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“Serenity Prayer” by Reinhold Niebuhr

 

God, give us grace to accept with serenity

the things that cannot be changed,

Courage to change the things

which should be changed,

and the Wisdom to distinguish

the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,

Enjoying one moment at a time,

Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,

Taking, as Jesus did,

This sinful world as it is,

Not as I would have it,

Trusting that You will make all things right,

If I surrender to Your will,

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,

And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

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Hymn:

“There Is a Balm In Gilead” Spiritual

There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul.

 

Sometimes I get discouraged,
And think my work’s in vain;
But then the Holy Spirit
Revives my soul again.

 

There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul.

 

If you cannot preach like Peter,
If you cannot pray like Paul,
Just tell the love of Jesus,
And say He died for all.

 

There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul.

Final Prayer

May God welcome His child, Darrell Grayson, to His heaven and grant His forgiveness to us all.

Amen