For Victimized Children--Dec. 6, 2019

Merciful God,

we pray for lost children,

children who have been lifted up

and thrown aside, forsaken,

with no one to raise them up again.

They are victims of lustful adults,

enslaved by them for sex;

now like wild waves of the sea they

cast up the foam of the helpless.

When your wedding hall

is filled with guests, we pray that

you will give these lost ones

a special seating.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 102; 148; 130; 16

Amos 5:1-17

Jude 1-16

Matt. 22:1-14

Selected Verses

Ps. 102:10b

        …for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

Amos 5:2

Fallen, no more to rise,
        is maiden Israel;
forsaken on her land,
        with no one to raise her up.

Jude 13

…wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

Matt. 22:10

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.