PRAY WITH US

We welcome your ideas for community prayer and will continue to add new resources to this page. In your own words or using the resources below, we invite you to lift up the needs of those harmed and pray for atonement for the sins associated with the sexual abuse in our church.

THE HOPE BOX

During the Service of Lament in 2016 survivors were given the opportunity to compose a personal petition as they entered the Cathedral. These holy prayers represent statements of pain and hope. The petitions were blessed by Bishop Johnston and sealed in the Hope Box. This wooden box was handmade by a layperson from our diocese and its contents are a symbol of our community healing together. If you are moved to do so, we invite you to write your own personal petition and we will confidentially place into the Hope Box. The Hope Box is kept in the Office of Child and Youth Protection as a reminder of our purpose to protect children and promote healing for those harmed by sexual abuse.

MAKE A PRAYER REQUEST

During the month of April, you are invited to share your special intention here. We will confidentially print the intentions and add them to The Hope Box. Your information is kept confidential and, on the form, you can request to have your intention published here.
Prayer Request

PLEASE PRAY FOR ...

Please remember these requests in your prayers.

That I will be able to survive. – a survivor

Dear survivor, we hear you and we are praying for you.

For physical healing and mental health, and lifting up a friend in need. – a caring person

For physical healing and mental health needs. For a fresh start. – a caring person

For my grandson, for freedom from self-harm as a way of dealing with the death of his parents. For healing for all of our family. – Catherine

For a new housing situation – a survivor

For the return of things, pets, people that bring comfort to others.

For courage to continue to heal.

Our son as he navigates the healing process from sexual abuse in his teens. That he may know that he is loved and it was not his fault. – a family member

A Rosary for Healing & Protection

This Rosary was written to ask for support in the efforts to keep all children are safe from sexual abuse and provide assistance to survivors who are on the path to healing. Praying this Rosary will lift their needs in prayer, off­ering them to God through Mary who off­ers her loving protection.

Published by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of Child and Youth Protection

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The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All

These Stations of the Cross were written to accompany members of the Church in atonement for the sins associated with sexual abuse of our children and with our yearning for healing. It brings lay persons, survivors, and clergy together in a powerful recollection of Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection.

Published by Rev. Paul Turner, Director, Office of Divine Worship, Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph

DOWNLOAD  |  a booklet form which includes illustrations by Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC, can be ordered from Liturgical Press.

A Prayer for Healing (bilingual)

A Prayer for Healing is prayed throughout the U.S. asking for survivors to be comforted and made whole. It petitions humility, grace and wisdom for all those acting to bring healing and justice.

Published by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of Child and Youth Protection

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