- February 9, 2023 Social Justice, Spirituality
Feast of St. Josephine Bahkita, Patron Saint of Human Trafficking Survivors
Prayer from Marie Andrews, Province Liturgist
Orphan’s Hope, guide all international adoptions agencies, finding a place of love and nurturance for all your children. May they be bound by your love alone.
Steadfast One, remain with children sold into marriage, show them the way to your freedom. May they be bound by your love alone.
Safe Haven, create spaces of healing and hope, for our troubled runaway teens, guiding them into your loving embrace. May they be bound by your love alone.
Font of Love, make all unions ones of love, ending the practice of international marriages of servitude. May they be bound by your love alone.
Mercy Unending, engage enemies in forgiveness and reconciliation with one another, stopping the practice of forcing children into armed conflict. May they be bound by your love alone.
Welcome Unparalleled, usher all who flee their homelands to those who will greet them with the respect. May they be bound by your love alone.
Violated One, remain with those who have been forced into prostitution, leading them to claim their dignity as children of God. May they be bound by your love alone.
Divine Potter, unearth the wounds of traffickers, take up flesh in their hearts, and heal their wounds so they may find their true selves made in your divine image. May they be bound by your love alone.
Justice Giver, give us they courage to fight, to change laws that bind and loosen the fetters of slavery, so all may enjoy the bounty you have provided. May we be bound by your love alone. Holy Mystery of Love, we live in a time of slavery where your beloved children are used as nothing more than a means for profit. Make of us a compassionate people, acting with your Spirit and Grace. Amen.
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