Refugees prayed for at St Paul's

God, no one is stranger to you.

In your kindness look with mercy on those who today
are fleeing from danger.

Watch over migrants, refugees and asylum seekers,
those separated from their loved ones,
those who are lost
and those who have been exiled from their homes.

Bring them safely to the place where they long to be,
and help us always to show your kindness to strangers
and those in need.

Bless the work of those seeking to bring them relief.                        

Awaken compassion and urgency in governments
and all whose decision making can make a difference
and guide the nations of the world towards that day
when all will rejoice in your Kingdom of justice and of peace;

We ask this through Christ our Lord,
who too was a refugee and migrant
who traveled to another land
searching for a home.

Amen