Prayer
and Reflection
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 coming in the glory of your Father with His
angels, repay those who committed physical and sexual
abuse 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 the 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.
Written
by Jack Rakosky
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