Prayer adapted from the No More Deaths Campaign

Loving and merciful Jesus, we pray for our migrant brothers and sisters who are traveling today. Have mercy on them and protect them from harm and humiliation in their journey. They are identified by many as dangerous simply because they are strangers. By the grace of God, let us value them instead. Touch our hearts with your goodness, Lord, when we see them enter into our communities seeking work and wellbeing. May their hearts not be broken; may their hopes for a better life be fulfilled.

Protect their families. As we remember the families who are divided or who mourn the deaths of their loved ones, let us promise to seek justice, peace and an end to the building of walls that divide communities on the U.S./Mexico border and around the world. May we honor the spirits of those who have died in our deserts with the commitment to seek dignity for all humans. Amen.