Prayers
A prayer for those in prison
A prayer for those in prison
Lord God,
We pray for those who are imprisoned because of their faith:
the unjustly accused and illegally detained,
the set up, lied about, framed;
those sent to labour camps or political prisons;
those enduring dirt and filth, burning heat, numbing cold.
Give them courage to face the beatings, patience to bear the lies, and hope to see beyond the bars and the barbed wire.
May we do all we can to let them know that they are not forgotten, and so lighten their burden of loneliness.
Transform their cages into churches, their cells into places of worship and witness, so that like Your Son, who was accused, arrested, subjected to a show trial, beaten and executed, they may emerge victorious, and rise to new life.
Amen.
