Prayers for Peacemakers 28 July 2021 US/Mexico Borderlands
CPT Borderlands
July 28, 2021
Pray for the safety and physical and emotional health of everyone who walks through the gate of the CRM.
Pray for the safety and physical and emotional health of everyone who walks through the gate of the CRM.
Pray that one day soon the border will re-open and people can again request asylum and no longer live in danger.
Give thanks for the opening of the New CAME centre.
Pray that officials will permanently stop the construction and that “not another foot” of the wall will be built.
Because migrant routes are constantly in flux, the mission of the CRM has changed several times over the past 15 years.
Give thanks for the volunteers who are working many hours every day to provide food, first aid, and emotional support to the migrants.
In every way possible, the migrants and staff have continued with life. They have found ways to create something new rather than to be defeated and lose hope.
The spiritual discipline of calling the names of those who have died is one way that we remain hopeful while living and working at the US/Mexican border.
Padre Ricardo (last name withheld) serves as the pastor at Sagrada Familia Iglesia Catolica in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. The church also houses the migrant
Our prayers in these days are not only that the border wall come down, but also the walls within our hearts and minds that make