A Prayer
Gracious Father, I come to You on bended knee,
Deserving nothing, yet asking—pleading for Your ear,
To hear the outcry of Your children in imminent peril
For them, Lord . . . for me . . . Your promise to keep.
Blessed Christ, at the foot of Your cross,
Gracious healer of the victims of another’s sin
I beseech You, for the little ones, for the innocents so wounded
For them, Lord . . . for me . . . Your promise to keep.
Glorious Spirit, my empty hands beg of You,
To do what I cannot, I implore You,
For the abused, for the trafficked, for the powerless
For them, Lord . . . for me . . . Promise-keeper be.
Save an extra one for me, O God.
Raise up hero, dear Father.
Grant Your hero the sight and strength
To save Your little one from a living death
To take away the innocent’s cup of suffering.
Save an extra one for me, O God.
Sweet Jesus, Innocent of innocents,
Put a stumbling block in evil’s way
Put a millstone ‘round the villain’s neck,
Guide the hunted to escape as You did in the Temple.
Save an extra one for me, O God.
Holy Spirit, our Advocate and our Comforter
Protect the spirits of our little ones and our imperiled ones
Safeguard their innocence, do not let them be
Captive of those whose desires are malignant.
Save an extra one for me, O God.
Almighty God, snatch hold of the villain!
Rebuke! Convict! Punish!
Redeem!
Miracles are Your bailiwick, O Lord.
Please save an extra one for me, O God.
Your method matters not to me.
Your promise is kept.
Thank You, my glorious God.
Glory be to Father
And to the Son
And to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning
is now and ever shall be
World without end.
Amen
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