Lord Jesus Christ, you asked that we let the children come to you. Send your Spirit, O Lord, of comfort and relief for the many children who are victims of marginalization, abandonment, and violence in the world.
Give us a generous heart to offer to them concrete paths of hope through education that opens possibilities of freedom and decision. Inspire in us a desire to welcome them into the restorative love of a family with a warm embrace and caring love which gives them back their dignity of being children of the one Loving Father.
Amen.