1.  Lord, teach us to love beyond the boundaries we set for ourselves - by class, color of skin or country of origin. Help us understand that You have made us one Family through the blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.  
 

2. Help us reach out to people who feel excluded by society: migrants, refugees and those who feel left out even by the Churches that bear Your name and claim your Love for your world.

 

3. Help us love beyond the boundaries we set for ourselves, especially when we are tired or even when we are feeling like we need more time to ourselves.
 

4. Teach us to pray and how to make peace by putting Your Love in our hearts, especially for those in war torn areas of Your world: for refugees & victims of violence in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, Palestine, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

 

5. Teach us how to pray for peace and how to act for peace in the world you so Loved that you sent your only begotten Son, Jesus, to teach us how to pray and to show us the Way to peace. Help us follow Him now in our time in history.  
 

Amen.