Intercessions and Prayers for Human Dignity and Justice
For those parents who struggle to make ends meet, that they may find strength when they grow weary, and that they may earn a just wage, we pray:
For those children who are unwanted, unloved, neglected, or abused, that God may fill these voids with his love, we pray:
For families and persons who care for those with special emotional or physical needs, we pray:
For those who are preparing for marriage, that they may accept children as a gift of God and lovingly nurture and care for them, we pray:
For those who feel weighed down by years, that society will acknowledge the contributions which the elderly have made and continue to make to our world, we pray:
For those coming through the bleakness of drug or alcohol addiction, unsure of their ability to face life without these supports, we pray:
For those suffering with and from AIDS, that judgment and alienation may be replaced with love, we pray:
For the unemployed, that they may not lose courage and hope while searching for work, we pray:
For the hungry and the overfed, may they have enough, we pray:
For those deprived of their human needs and their human rights, that they may be given the dignity you confer on all your people, we pray: