prayer for persecuted christians
O Father in Heaven, Thou dost make Thy sun to shine on the good and bad alike, and hast equal care of both. Thy Son died for us and in His Glorious Resurrection, He still retains the Five Sacred Wounds of His Passion. With His Divine Power, He now sustains all those who suffer persecution and martyrdom for the sake of their fidelity to the Faith of the Holy Roman Church. Merciful and Mighty Father, allow Thou not Cain to return to murder the helpless and innocent Abel. May persecuted Christians around the world remain, like Mary their Mother, together at the Foot of the Cross. Comfort Thou those menaced by violence and those oppressed by uncertainty. May the Holy Ghost make fruitful the witness and the blood of those who die in Thy Name. Amen