View from Casa la Salle, Rome
A prayer
from Papua New Guinea
Lord Jesus Christ,
you told the women of Jerusalem not to weep for you
but to weep for themselves.
Be with women who suffer violence in their homes
as they weep for their sons caught up in the violence.
Be with women and children trapped in prostitution and poverty.
Be with the women who live in domestic violence,
who have learnt not to weep for their own pains,
who have suffered so long they are numb.
Strengthen your Church in its care and support of all who are in pain.
Help us all to be sensitive and caring,
for you are the Lord who suffers and serves.
from A Procession of Prayers: Meditations and Prayers from Around the World by John Carden, p. 243
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