Our Current Prayer

As Catholics, we recognize that prayer is of the utmost importance. In our mission to act with the Church to help the poor overseas, we begin with prayer. As we reach out to our sisters and brothers, we first seek God's grace and guidance, and then we work, animated by the Spirit that connects us.

Each month, we publish a new prayer that we ask the Church to join us in praying. Seeking God's guidance together, we are drawn closer together, and perhaps get a peek beyond the veil at the Kingdom he has promised, as together we work to make that Kingdom a reality for all.

We invite you to join us in praying this prayer with us each month, sharing it with families, parishes, and networks, so our hearts may be one and steadfast as we turn again to the work of the Lord: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick and the captive.

And so we pray ...

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Prayer for the End of Human Trafficking

 

Righteous God,

 

Oh God, we didn't see them.

But you did—

 

The hundreds and thousands of human beings

Trafficked each year to join the millions who are trapped

in modern-day slavery.

Under terrible conditions, they work in factories, plow fields,

harvest crops, work quarries, fill brothels, clean homes, and haul water.

 

Many are children with tiny fingers for weaving rugs

and small shoulders for bearing rifles.

Their labor is forced, their bodies beaten, their faces hidden

from those who don't really want to see them.

 

But you see them all, God of the poor.

You hear their cry and you answer

by opening our eyes, and breaking our hearts

and loosening our tongues to insist:

 

No more.  No more.

 

Amen

 

Amen

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Light a Virtual Votive

"In prayer, God keeps calling us, opening our hearts to charity."

— Pope Francis

Light a candle and say a prayer for your loved ones and our brothers and sisters around the world. Your intentions will be remembered at Mass offered in St. Stephen's Chapel at Catholic Relief Services world headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

PRAY WITH US