Here’s
a prayer for refugees from the Revised Common Lectionary Prayers website.
It seems especially appropriate these days, when the eyes of the world
are focused on the plight of the Syrian refugees.
Prayer for Refugees
God,
the refuge of wanderers and exiles,
the
mother and father of the homeless,
you
weep with those who are uprooted from their homeland,
and
you suffer with those who exist without shelter and security.
Grant
that your faithful love may reach out,
and
that your healing mercy rise like the dawn
on
all who are oppressed.
We
ask this through Jesus, your Son,
who
know hardship and died outside the city wall. Amen.
~ from Revised
Common Lectionary Prayers copyright © 2002 Consultation on Common Texts
admin. Augsburg Fortress. Posted on Thematic, Intercessory and Scripture Prayers for the RCL, Vanderbilt Divinity
Library. http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
