This week begins with the news that the Indonesian Government intends to proceed with the execution by firing squad of ten people convicted of drug offenses.
As part of the global movement for the abolition of the death penalty I invite you to join me in vigil for these people.
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso;
Serge Areski Atlaoui;
Myuran Sukumaran;
Andrew Chan;
Rodrigo Gularte;
Raheem Agbaje Salami;
Martin Anderson;
Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise;
Okwudili Oyatanze;
Zainal Abidin.
God of Compassion,
You let your rain fall on the just and the unjust.
Expand and deepen our hearts
so that we may love as You love,
even those among us
who have caused the greatest pain by taking life.
You let your rain fall on the just and the unjust.
Expand and deepen our hearts
so that we may love as You love,
even those among us
who have caused the greatest pain by taking life.
For there is in our land a great cry for vengeance
as we fill up death rows and kill the killers
in the name of justice, in the name of peace.
as we fill up death rows and kill the killers
in the name of justice, in the name of peace.
Jesus, our brother,
you suffered execution at the hands of the state
but you did not let hatred overcome you.
Help us to reach out to victims of violence
so that our enduing love may help them heal.
you suffered execution at the hands of the state
but you did not let hatred overcome you.
Help us to reach out to victims of violence
so that our enduing love may help them heal.
Holy Spirit of God,
You strengthen us in the struggle for justice.
Help us to work tirelessly
for the abolition of state-sanctioned death
and to renew our society in its very heart
so that violence will be no more. Amen.
You strengthen us in the struggle for justice.
Help us to work tirelessly
for the abolition of state-sanctioned death
and to renew our society in its very heart
so that violence will be no more. Amen.
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