Friday, November 14, 2008
PRISONERS’ SUNDAY
This Sunday, 16th November, is a Day of Prayer for Prisoners and their Dependents.
We pray for the tens of thousands of men, women and teenagers held in our prisons today. We pray for prisoners’ families: for their mothers, fathers, children, wives, and husbands. We pray that they will be given the strength to deal with the stigma and the pain of separation.
We pray that you will support and heal those who have been wounded by the actions of others, especially the victims of crime.
We pray for all those who work with prisoners: prison officers, probation workers, social workers, prison chaplains, charity workers, and volunteers.
Your Son Jesus Christ said, “I was in prison and you visited me… whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me”. Help us to remember these words in our hearts as we go forward through Prisoners’ Sunday and into Prisons Week. Amen.