Save the Afflicted

We beseech thee, Master,

to be our helper and protector.
Save the afflicted among us;

have mercy on the lowly;
raise up the fallen; 

appear to the needy;

heal the ungodly;
restore the wanderers of thy people;
feed the hungry;

ransom our prisoners;
raise up the sick;

comfort the faint-hearted.

 ~ ~ ~ Clement of Rome (1st Century) 

 

For the poor and the oppressed,
for the unemployed and the destitute,
for prisoners and captives,
and for all who remember and care for them,
let us pray to the Lord.
"Lord, have mercy."
~ ~ ~ Book of Common Prayer