Compassionate God,
We remember,
We remember Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel.
We remember lay missioner Jean Donovan.
We remember Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke.
They believed in Christ and they served the poor. We will tell their story and remember the sacrifices they made for the people of El Salvador. Help us, Liberating God, to realize that we have the responsibility to be a light of justice in the world.
Help us, like Dorothy, to be with those who wait, hope and yearn for peace.
Help us, like Jean, to endure hardships that prepare us to meet and love You more fully.
Help us, like Ita, to seize opportunities to be evangelized by walking with others who suffer.
Help us, like Maura, to believe that You are present even in your seeming absence.
You are our Healer and our Hope.
Bless us as we gather to remember our beloved martyrs of El Salvador. Their lives challenge us to hear the urgent cry for justice in our world, and to make our lives paths of truth and peace. God of surprises, we rely on your promise to be with us on our journey as we seek to follow You, who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
Copyright Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, 2005
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