This could be read on several (many?) levels...
...but since I don't know which of them -- if any! -- was intended, I'll read it straight-up-and-down like it's written.
And since I am (as you probably know) of the non-praying type, I can only say what several others here have said already: My condoleances, sympathy for the bereaved including you Mike, "life goes on", etc etc.
Or, to borrow KMS' closing,
Peace.
Christian R. Conrad
Mechanisation
As our souls are slowly stolen
The wheels of progress keep steamrolling
Mechanisation melts our minds
To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html|© Conrad Parker, 1993]