February 1999

God of all compassion,

by Maryknoll AIDS Task Force

Comfort Your sons and daughters who live with AIDS.
Spread over us all Your quilt of mercy, love, and peace.
Open our eyes to Your presence reflected in their faces.
Open our ears to Your truth echoing in their hearts.
Give us the strength

to weep with the grieving,
to walk with the lonely,
to stand with the depressed.

May our love mirror Your love for those who live in fear,
who live under stress and who suffer rejection.
Mothering, Fathering God, grant rest to those who have died
and hope to all who live with HIV.
God of life, help us find the cure now
and help us build a world in which no one dies alone
and where everyone lives accepted, wanted, and loved.