Mar 2, 2024
O mother to the poor
and disadvantaged,
missionary to those in your own country
isolated from their neighbors
because of the color of their skin,
some who lived upon the land
long before those who oppressed them,
others brought to this land
in chains…
you who sought to break the chains
of ignorance and poverty,
who gave your treasure
and the riches of your soul
that those without
might find a home –
pray for souls still disadvantaged
by poverty or ignorance;
pray that those with
and those without
might meet as one,
as brothers before the Lord
here on earth
and in the heavenly kingdom.