World AIDS Day

Matthew 10:8

Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.

In a world where tachnology

and in particular

medical technology

has come so far

but where love 

and hope

and humanity

are often withheld from the vulnerable

We pray this day:

For the misused

the stigmatised

the marginalised

the bereaved

the unrecognised

the rejected

the frightened

the lonely 

For those cast aside

left out

ignored

excluded

misunderstood

silenced

For those denied hope

whose voices are not heard

whose pleas are played down

whose needs go unmet in a world of plenty

Lord, forgive us

for we know just what we do.

Forgive us

and break our hearts

for those for whom your heart is breaking.