CCOW Prayer for Refugee Week 2023
The theme of Refugee Week 2023 is ‘Compassion’ – and CCOW’s prayer is a reminder of God’s compassion on us, and our call to share that compassion and love our neighbour.
It’s reproduced below in plain text, and you can also download two different PowerPoint and print versions of it, if you’d like to use it in a service or put a small poster up in your church.
Loving God,
You sustain us with mercy and grace
And call us to share the compassion w receive.
Help us to love as you want us to love:
Not to ask ‘Who is my neighbour?’
But to see our neighbour in everyone we encounter
And to offer help and hospitality when people are hurting.
In a world that can be rushed, give us patience and time to care.
In a world that can be harsh, help us to be kind.
In a world that can be fearful, make us bearers of hope.
We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord,
Who came from heaven to earth,
Lived among us as a wanderer,
And offers salvation to all.
Download the print version with a picture of a child
Download the print version with a picture of refugees in a boat
