Prayers of the Faithful for World Day of Migrants and Refugees

25 September 2021
A file image of members of the faithful praying during Mass at Mary Immaculate Parish Quakers Hill-Schofields. Image: Diocese of Parramatta

 

Join the Catholic Church in celebrating World Day of Migrants and Refugees, also known as Migrant and Refugee Sunday, on Sunday 26 September.

In his message for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis invites us to work ‘Towards an ever wider “we”’ and embrace the resilience and contribution of Migrants and Refugees to the church and society.

You may wish to pray these prayers whilst attending Mass online, or pray them in your own time.

RELATED: Homily for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

 

For our Church: Inspired by Pope Francis, may we be faithful to the catholic and inclusive vision of God’s diverse family.

Let us pray together in hope:

R: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

 

For the leaders of our world: May they widen their tents to embrace all who are suffering, and all who seek a safe place of shelter.

Let us pray together in hope:

R: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

 

For those who live on the peripheries of our societies: May we become real friends with our neighbours and mutually share our gifts with each other.

Let us pray together in hope:

R: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

 

For our local communities: May we discover an ever-wider ‘we’, as we think no longer in terms of ‘them’ and ‘those’, but only ‘us’.

Let us pray together in hope:

R: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

 

For the lost or excluded, the rejected or discarded: May they know the Good News of Jesus Christ through our efforts to encounter each other and to build communion in diversity.

Let us pray together in hope:

R: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

 

For all who have died, especially while in transit or living far from their loved ones: May they enter the new Jerusalem where all peoples are united in peace and harmony.

Let us pray together in hope:

R: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

 

Find more information at migrants-refugees.va and acmro.catholic.org.au.

These prayers feature in the Resource Kit for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees from the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office.

 

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