Prayers
For
People
There are so many people that deserve prayer – friends, workers, heroines, heroes and more. In a world where human negativity is too often highlighted, it is great to know that most people are not only good, but deserve thanks for being who they are, and what they do.
A Prayer for Refugees
In the face of anger
I pray for peace
And I turn to you, for help
In the face of cruelty
I pray for humanity
And I turn to you, for help
This planet has more refugees
Than the entire population of our country
Nearly 71 million displaced living souls
And on behalf of them all,
I ask for your help… through prayer
Voyaging across the ocean of time
Our ancestors didn’t struggle in vain
We are all the proud progeny of refugees,
Asylum seekers, immigrants, migrants, adventurers and nomads,
And understanding this we ask compassion
For those betrayed today
For the spirits of the past and the future
Are the bringers of unknown gifts
Gifts of love, life and promise
It flows in our blood, it runs through our souls
May the visitors to our City,
And our land be cared for
May they be made welcome.
May our prayers be answered…
For you are part of us
As we are part of you
And so, I turn to you now
Asking for your help
That we may come to know compassion
May our prayers be heard
As we hold the rejected people of this planet
In our hearts today
So that they are no longer rejected