Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America

PRAYER FOR COLOMBIA 

Today our voices are united as one people,
United in a single prayer of love,
For all those who suffer violence, or persecution,
For those who have disappeared, O God,

Today we join our voices to ask you, O God,
That justice would shine for those who are imprisoned
Because of their work for justice and peace.

Today our voices and hands are joined
Together with yours, God, to work and speak for
All those who have no voice in Colombia.

Today we join our voices to pray to you, O God,
For the children living the horrors of
War, neglect and lack of love,

Today our voices and hands are joined in prayer, O God
For women used in the war who are
Victims of a system that oppresses and takes away
 their dreams of a better world.

Today our voices and hands are joined, O God
in prayer for the youth of our Colombia, for those who,
Because of war and lack of opportunities,
have lost Hope.

Today our voices and hands are joined in prayer, O God
For all the men who suffer the rigors of violence and destruction.

Today our voices and hands are joined in prayer, O God,
For all Colombia, for the millions of displaced,
  For the persecuted, for the exiled, for the disappeared,
  For the children, the youth, the women, the men,
And for all those who make up the armed groups,
For your Creation.

Liberate Colombia, O God. From its mountains and rivers may there flow a song Hope,
From the smiles of your innocent people, may justice shine forth,
As a symbol of love, may peace spring from simple and generous hands.
O God, your people in Colombia are waiting for Redemption. Amen