A Prayer for Those Who Have None to Pray for Them
ALL-SEEING GOD, whose loving care extends to every creature: Hear our prayer for those whose cries are unheard, whose joys are unshared, and whose very being goes unnoticed; mercifully open our eyes to these your children, unstop our ears and unbind our hearts and hands that your image may shine in our shared humanity; and may your holy angels minister to those whose cry we, in our sin and frailty, have not heard; through your Son whose last cries echoed in the silence of your hidden mercy, even Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
This prayer was composed in 1981 and was included, with comments in a footnote, in a paper I wrote in December 1987 titled "Patterns of Grace: A Personal Anglican Theology Expressed in a Collection of Prayers." I plan to share more on a weekly basis.
The prayer is copyright 1981 by P. E. Strid. This prayer may be used liturgically, devotionally, or informationally provided attribution is unfailingly given and no commercial use is made or publishing outside a congregation or faith community is done. Thanks.
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