Prayer for a Safe Return Home - July 24

Dear Jesus,

Our journey through life is long and hard.

We cannot make this trip alone; we must walk together on the journey.

You promised to send us a helper, your Spirit.

Help us to see your Spirit in those you send to journey with us.

In the refugee family, seeking safety from violence,

Let us see your Spirit.

In the migrant worker, bringing food to our tables,

Let us see your Spirit.

In the asylum--‐seeker, seeking justice for himself and his family,

Let us  see your Spirit.

In the unaccompanied child, traveling in a dangerous world,

Let us see your Spirit.

Teach us to recognize that as we walk with each other,

You are present.

Teach us to welcome not only the strangers in our midst but

The gifts they bring as well:  

The invitation to conversion, communion, and solidarity.

This is the help you have sent:

We are not alone.

We are together on the journey, and for this we give you thanks.

Amen.

(Interfaith Worker Justice: Immigration through the Lens of Faith, Collective Prayers for Immigrants)