For all judges, prison governors, guards, hostage takers, executioners
Lord Jesus Christ,
you were arrested, put on trial,
condemned and executed,
you knew the workings of injustice,
yet you accepted your fate,
for our good and the good of all creation.
Look now with compassion,
on all those who deliver judgement for good or ill,
help them search their hearts, and turn from evil.
Help us always to remember
those who work in prisons,
in just and unjust systems,
and pray that they may turn from all corruption
and remember your mercy.
For your name's sake. Amen.
Hope in time of Darkness (1/2)
Prayers
In this space you are invited to pray for the people who live in this house. Some you might have met already, others are unseen and others you will never see, because they are in solitary confinement, taken hostage or simply disappeared. Yet all these are here.
You might like to light a candle as a focus for meditation, or focus on a person, or someone highlighted by Amnesty. You could also focus your prayers on a local prison, or pray for your prison chaplains and visitors.
You could also use these prayers along with the Stations of the Cross or similar prayer journey of the last events of Jesus' life from his arrest to his death and resurrection.
Bishop Brian
