Prayer for Persecuted Christians

 O God,

Who in your inscrutable providence

will that the Church be united to the

sufferings of your Son, grant, we

pray, to your faithful who suffer for

your name’s sake a spirit of patience

and charity, that they may be found

true and faithful witnesses to the

promises you have made.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your

Son, who lives and reigns with you in

the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,

for ever and ever.

Amen.