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 ...
Our Prayer for December
Song of Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the Highways,
Who walked the broken road,
Through whose grace and courage,
Was the Lord of Lords bestowed.
You, whose walk was lonely
Whose burden was not light,
May your courage be with trav’lers
Fleeing ruin, war and blight.
Our Lady of the Highways,
Of all pathways, pikes and trails,
Look to all who wander,
Lend your grace to their travails.
You, who fled to Egypt,
Look on all who flee tonight,
Be they running from dark terrors,
Be they seeking holy light.
Our Lady of the Highways,
Of railways and the seas,
Where the émigré is vulner’ble
To violence and disease.
Help us comfort all who journey
Where the roads of fate have crossed,
That the refugee and migrant
Though they wander, are not lost.
Amen
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"In prayer, God keeps calling us, opening our hearts to charity."
— Pope Francis
