Prayers of the People, E2B

​When the young mother cries out
desperately for her children and
for the life she longs to have

and rails against God
in her grief,
because of the tumor on her brain
that threatens her future,
where are you, God?

When the child is gunned down
without reason
and a place of security

becomes a place of fear,
where are you, God?

When the father who has lived here
as long as he can remember
is sent to his ancestors' country

of origin that is foreign to him,
and his business is left
without a leader
and his family
without a protector,
where are you, God?

When the poor
and the hungry
and the homeless
and the lost
and the grieving
and the depressed
and the hopeless
are in need,
where ARE you, God?

When the tomb is empty
of the Savior
and your people cannot find you

and do not know where to look,
where are you, God?

Make your presence known, we pray,
in the sharing of resources among the community
... of time
and money
and faith
and prayer.
Make your presence known
in the lives of your people,
so that you may be found
among those in need.