ADVENT PRAYER FOR CHILDREN
Response: O SON OF MAN save the children of humanity!
O Son of Man, you had nowhere to lay your head. Give a safe and comfortable home to all children. R.
O Son of Man, you and your disciples fled from city to city. Give refuge to all children who flee persecution and injustice.R.
O Son of Man, you said to the paralytic "Get up, pick up your bed and go home." Give medical care and hospitality to all children who are sick and dying. R.
O Son of Man, you came eating and drinking. Fill the starving children with good things. Give them safe water to drink. R.
O Son of Man, you are the Lord of the Sabbath. Give freedom to all children who labor in sweat shops. R.
O Son of Man delivered into the hands of men, deliver the children who are victims of sexual or physical abuse from the hands of their perpetrators. R.
O Son of Man send forth your angels. Throw out of your kingdom all those who commit lawlessness against children. R.
O Son of Man betrayed, expose all those who have betrayed our children. Bring them out into the light of truth and justice. R.
O Son of Man coming in your kingdom, grant that children who have experienced physical and sexual abuse will not taste death before they see your justice and truth dawn. R.
O Son of Man, you spent three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Grant everlasting life to all children who die in poverty, abandonment or abuse. R.
O Son of Man, sitting at the right hand of power, coming on the clouds of heaven! R. |