World Refugee Day 2019
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Syrian Kurdish refugees cross into Turkey from Syria, near the town of Kobani.
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Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war,
persecution or terror
Credit: Reuters |
What are some powerful quotes about refugees?
Albert Einstein: “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything”
Kofi Annan: “I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.”
Anne Frank: “How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world! How wonderful it is that everyone, great and small, can immediately help bring about justice by giving of themselves.”
Martin Luther King Jr: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
A Prayer for Refugees
God of our Wandering Ancestors,
Long have we known
That your heart is with the refugee:
That you were born into time
In a family of refugees
Fleeing violence in their homeland,
Who then gathered up their hungry child
And fled into alien country.
That your heart is with the refugee:
That you were born into time
In a family of refugees
Fleeing violence in their homeland,
Who then gathered up their hungry child
And fled into alien country.
Their cry, your cry, resounds through the ages:
“Will you let me in?”
“Will you let me in?”
Give us hearts that break open
When our brothers and sisters turn to us with that same cry.
Then surely all these things will follow:
Ears will no longer turn deaf to their voices.
Eyes will see a moment for grace instead of a threat.
Tongues will not be silenced but will instead advocate.
And hands will reach out—
working for peace in their homeland,
When our brothers and sisters turn to us with that same cry.
Then surely all these things will follow:
Ears will no longer turn deaf to their voices.
Eyes will see a moment for grace instead of a threat.
Tongues will not be silenced but will instead advocate.
And hands will reach out—
working for peace in their homeland,
working for justice in the lands where they seek safe haven.
Lord, protect all refugees in their travels.
May they find a friend in me
And so make me worthy
Of the refuge I have found in you.
May they find a friend in me
And so make me worthy
Of the refuge I have found in you.
AMEN
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