This prayer asks God to watch over migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers who are separated from loved ones, lost, or exiled from their homes. It asks God to bring them safely to where they long to be and help us show kindness to strangers and those in need, noting that Jesus himself was a refugee searching for a home. Photos throughout depict Syrian refugees fleeing violence and living in cramped refugee camps in neighboring countries.

1. P R AY E R F O R
M I G R A N T S , R E F U G E E S ,
A N D A S Y L U M S E E K E R S
by Fr. John G. Feeney, Shrewsbury, UK
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2. God, no one is a
stranger to you,
and no one is
ever far from
your loving care.

3.
Photo: Syrian refugee center on the Turkish border 50 miles from Aleppo, Syria
(3 August 2012).
In your kindness watch over Migrants,
Refugees, and Asylum Seekers,

4. Photo: Syrian refugees in Lebanon living in cramped quarters
(6 August 2012).
those separated from their loved ones, those who are
lost, and those who have been exiled from their homes

5. Bring them safely to the place where they long to be,
Photo: This family fled their home in Damascus for refuge in Lebanon.

6. Photo: Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan
and help us always to show your kindness to
strangers and those in need.

7. The Flight Into Egypt,
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1627
We ask this through Christ our Lord, who too was a
refugee and migrant
searching for a home.