As the celebration of National Migration Week continues, read a reflection from Bishop John T. Steinbock of Fresno on the pastoral care of migrants, farmworkers, and other people living on the margins of society.
Pray
Prayer for Migrant and Refugee Children Loving Father,
in your infinite compassion,
we seek your divine protection for refugee children who are often alone and afraid.
Provide solace to those who have been witnesses to violence and destruction,
who have lost parents, family, friends, home, and all they cherish due to war or persecution.
Comfort them in their sorrow, and bring help in their time of need.
Show mercy to unaccompanied migrant children, too, Lord.
Reunite them with their families and loved ones.
Guide those children who are strangers in a foreign land to a place of peace and safety.
Comfort them in their sorrow, and bring help in their time of need.
Show us how we might reach out to these precious and vulnerable children.
Open our hearts to migrant and refugee children in need,
so that we might see in them your own migrant Son.
Give us courage to stand up in their defense against those who would do them harm.
For this we pray through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen
Reflect
View the trailer from The Line in the Sand: Stories from the U.S./Mexico Border , a video that uses the power of theater to tell the personal stories of people affected by U.S./Mexico border migration. Reflect on how the differing roles and life experiences of those living along the border shape their attitudes towards migrants.
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