Quotes and a Prayer

"Anne Frank could be a 77-year-old woman living in Boston today, a writer." 

                                                                                                  ~Richard Breitman, 2007

But her family was a denied a visa, so she went into hiding, 

wrote a diary that would become famous and died in a concentration camp at age 15.  

The Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-anne-frank-refugees-20151125-story.html

 

 “Taking Mum's hand, I whispered "Are we really safe, here?”
― Alwyn Evans, Walk in My Shoes

  “It was a dry cold night, and the wind blew keenly, 

and the frost was white and hard. A man would die tonight

 of lying out on the marshes, I thought. And then I looked 

at the stars, and considered how awful it would be

 for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death,

 and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.”
― Charles Dickens

 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing 

some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

 ~Hebrews 13:2           

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you,

 and you shall love him as yourself,

~Leviticus 19:34a         

A Prayer for Refugees
Almighty and merciful God,
whose Son became a refugee
and had no place to call his own;

look with mercy on those who today
are fleeing from danger,
homeless and hungry.

Bless those who work to bring them relief;
inspire generosity and compassion in all our hearts;
and guide the nations of the world towards that day
when all will rejoice in your Kingdom of justice and of peace;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

From: "An Invitation to Prayer" http://www.invitationtoprayer.org/prayers_refugees.html