Prayer for a Safe Environment

Good and Gracious God

Hear the humble prayer of your people as we implore your mercy for the wrong that has been committed and the harm that has been done.

Bring healing to all who have suffered abuse and restore them to fullness of life.

Grant the spirit of repentance and penitence to all who have broken sacred trust and abused your beloved children.  Reconcile us to one another and never allow us to be parted from you.

We ask this through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your son, who has freed us from sin and death, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer adopted from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference