Today

... is World Refugee Day. Slate has posted pictures by Magnum Photos.

Baptized into Christ and clothed with Christ, let us offer prayers with deep compassion.

For this holy gathering and for the people of God in every place.
Lord, have mercy.
For all nations, peoples, tribes, clans, and families.
Lord, have mercy.
For mercy, justice, and peace throughout the world.
Lord, have mercy.
For this city and every place.
Lord, have mercy.
For all those in every danger and calamity: those afflicted and suffering hardship, those beaten and imprisoned, those sleepless and hungry.
Lord, have mercy.
For the dying and the dead, and all who mourn.
Lord, have mercy.
For ourselves, our families and companions, and those we love.
Lord, have mercy.

Lifting our voices with all creation, with the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints, let us offer ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ. To you, O Lord.

God of everlasting mercy, hear the prayers we offer this day for all who suffer and are rejected, and open our hearts to see your face in all your human creatures; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(From the Prayers of the People written by Deacon Ormonde Plater for the Diocese of Louisiana - Anglican)