Forty days of prayer, fasting and advocacy for justice for our immigrant brothers and sisters begin on Monday, September 9. The Interfaith Immigration Coalition suggests weekly intentions for our prayer and fasting. This week's intention is to promote family unity and end deportations. The Coalition has also provided prayers (available here) from all faith traditions. Here's a prayer from that page to guide us through our first week:
Heart of God, full of mercy, watch over our sister and brother immigrants.
Protect them from harm even as they suffer mistreatment and humiliations on their way.
Touch with your goodness the hearts of we who see them pass by.
Break open our hearts to embrace them and the gift that they are to our communities.
Heart of God, full of compassion, give our brothers and sisters in Congress the gift of compassion.
Open their eyes to the pain and longing of those affected by their decisions.
Give them wisdom as they struggle to repair our unjust immigration system.
Break open their hearts to embrace the dreams of our immigrant parents, siblings, and friends.
Heart of God, full of love, we give you glory for all the blessings you have given us.
Help us to share those blessings with others that we may all know that you are a God of mercy, a God of compassion, a God of love.
Break open our hearts that we might embrace the challenge to build a land, a nation, a community where all are welcome.
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