NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

Prayer for Release of Political Prisoners by Father Gerard Jean-Juste, January 2006, while in prison in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Believing in God, we prisoners should always be grateful to you. O, God, it is true!

Some of us prisoners may have misused your gifts. Some of us tried to make others around us appreciate your gifts, be happy, and share. But they have not listened.

Instead, they handcuffed us, your messengers, like they handcuffed some of your prophets, such as John the Baptizer, your own son Jesus Christ, and many apostles. They, too, had tried to share the message, but the message put them in jail. While the body was in jail, the work continued, and we, too, spread the message of life.

Out of jail many of us do not find time to meet you- that’s what we experience in jail. So many people never prayed before and now not only do they pray, they’re singing! They become new people.

You God, want to give us total liberation. That’s the reason why we say to you, God: we appreciate life in prison to bring comfort to our brothers and sisters wherever they are.

Today we pray for all political prisoners, not only in Haiti, but also all over the world.

May we by your power, God, find justice and be released from jail to public life. May we renew the good work and not be afraid, but with love in our heart for everyone, spread the message of freedom and love. In the name of God.

Amen

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