prayer for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

P R AY E R F O R M I G R A N T S , R E F U G E E S , A N D A S Y L U M S E E K E R S

by Fr. John G. Feeney, Shrewsbury, UK

Photo: ”LE Eithne Operation Triton" by Irish Defence Forces https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine/18898637736/ Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons

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God, no one is a stranger to you, and no one is ever far from

your loving care.

Photo: Syrian refugee center on the Turkish border 50 miles from Aleppo, Syria (3 August 2012).

In your kindness watch over Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers,

Photo: Syrian refugees in Lebanon living in cramped quarters (6 August 2012).

those separated from their loved ones, those who are lost, and those who have been exiled from their homes

Bring them safely to the place where they long to be,

Photo: This family fled their home in Damascus for refuge in Lebanon.

Photo: Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

and help us always to show your kindness to strangers and those in need.

The Flight Into Egypt, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1627

We ask this through Christ our Lord, who too was arefugee and migrant searching for a home.