Benediction for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 21, 2011
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<p style=”width: 320px;”>VIDEO: <a href=”http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/violence-against-sex-workers-20111217″>Violence Against Sex Workers : MyFoxNY.com</a></p>
<em>Transmission was a Co-Sponsor of the <a href=”http://www.redumbrellaproject.org/events/december-17/” target=”_blank”>NYC service for the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers</a>. Here is the benediction I offered at the end. ~ Bowie Snodgrass </em>
<div>O Creator, Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Spirit, God -</div>
<div>We pray -</div>
<div>For all who are abused,</div>
<div>For the wounds, hurt and anger that can take years and decades to heal.</div>
<div>For all victims of violence – verbal, physical, and fatal.</div>
<div>For all who have died, named and un-named today,</div>
<div>And for all who mourn:</div>
<div>Friends,
co-workers, lovers, family, parents, and children.</div>
<div>May we never forget.</div>
<div>May the world hear our cry</div>
<div>And may God be with us.</div>
<div>We pray for healing – body, soul, and spirit.</div>
<div>For justice.</div>
<div>For safety.</div>
<div>For the strength to forgive.</div>
<div>We pray that in 2012 not one more person is a victim of abuse, violence, or murder.</div>
<div>Send us out in peace, shalom, salaam, today and always.</div>
<div>Amen.</div>