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Pope Francis in Iraq: Prayer of the Children of Abraham

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Detail of Abraham's Journey from Ur to Canaan by József Molnár (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
 
On March 6, 2021, during his apostolic visit to Iraq, His Holiness Pope Francis participated in an interreligious meeting of the three Abrahamic religions at Ur of the Chaldeans, the birthplace of their common patriarch, Abraham. After the meeting, the representatives of religions who had participated in the meeting, including Jews, Muslims, Christians of various traditions, Yazidis, and Sabaeans, prayed together for faith, hope, peace, and reconciliation.
 

Prayer of the Children of Abraham

 
Almighty God, our Creator, you love our human family and every work of your hands:
As children of Abraham, Jews, Christians and Muslims, together with other believers and all persons of good will, we thank you for having given us Abraham, a distinguished son of this noble and beloved country, to be our common father in faith.
We thank you for his example as a man of faith, who obeyed you completely, left behind his family, his tribe and his native land, and set out for a land that he knew not.
We thank you too, for the example of courage, resilience, strength of spirit, generosity and hospitality set for us by our common father in faith.
We thank you in a special way for his heroic faith, shown by his readiness even to sacrifice his son in obedience to your command. We know that this was an extreme test, yet one from which he emerged victorious, since he trusted unreservedly in you, who are merciful and always offer the possibility of beginning anew.
We thank you because, in blessing our father Abraham, you made him a blessing for all peoples.
We ask you, the God of our father Abraham and our God, to grant us a strong faith, a faith that abounds in good works, a faith that opens our hearts to you and to all our brothers and sisters; and a boundless hope capable of discerning in every situation your fidelity to your promises.
Make each of us a witness of your loving care for all, particularly refugees and the displaced, widows and orphans, the poor and the infirm.
Open our hearts to mutual forgiveness and in this way make us instruments of reconciliation, builders of a more just and fraternal society.
Welcome into your abode of peace and light all those who have died, particularly the victims of violence and war.
Assist the authorities in the effort to seek and find the victims of kidnapping and in a special way to protect women and children.
Help us to care for the earth, our common home, which in your goodness and generosity you have given to all of us.
Guide our hands in the work of rebuilding this country, and grant us the strength needed to help those forced to leave behind their homes and lands, enabling them to return in security and dignity, and to embark upon a new, serene and prosperous life. Amen.
Text courtesy of Libreria Editrice Vaticana (click here for original source)
 


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