Jesus Calms The Storm Painting - Calming The Storm by Tigran Ghulyan

Companion of the companionless

let my day not go by without remembering

the sixty-five million forced from their homelands

due to poverty, crime and political conflict.

Home of the homeless

gather the shawl of your compassion

around those with nowhere to live,

nowhere to call home, nowhere to work.

 Nurturer of the impoverished

turn the attention of political leaders

towards systems that cause oppression;

urge them to open doors to refugees.

Refuge of the lost

protect those who are tossed upon the seas

be near those who are thirsting in the deserts

and roaming dangerous city streets.

Hope for the hopeless

lift up the heavy hearts of families

who have lived for years in camps

do not let their hope slip away.

Justice bringer: Bother us. Keep after us. Open our eyes.

Widen our hearts. Change our judgements. Urge us.

Change us. Badger us until we act on behalf of sixty-five

million people whose tears fall on foreign soil.

Joyce Rupp (Prayer of Boundless Compassion)