From Refugee to Refuge, A Christmas Prayer

Lord,
Be merciful to those with little hope,
To those who must flee their homeland.
Look with favor upon those who are surrounded by danger,
Become, for the refugee,
   a refuge.

Your Son after being honored by foreigners,
became hunted by the ruler of his own land.
To Egypt, to Africa,
He, who would become the world's ultimate refuge,
   Had become a child refugee.

Remember them Father,
With merciful eyes,
Look upon them like your Son.