Published on 06/03/2024
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A second collection is taken up at Masses on St Patrick's Day to support vulnerable Irish people overseas.
A PRAYER FOR EMIGRANTS
Bless all those who have left our country and
now live in other lands.
Give them a strong faith so that they will
always put their trust in you and make you
known by the example of their lives.
Console those who are lonely because they are
separated from those they love.
Help all missionaries who are working far from
home to make your love known.
Bless our people overseas who are sick or in prison.
We pray for foreigners living in our country,
that they may experience our hospitality.
Grant your eternal welcome to our emigrants
who have died and to all the dead. Amen.