God of the Exodus

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.

 

God of the little ones. When we feel oppressed in our spirits.  When worries about money and work, our vocation and the meaning of our lives weigh down upon us, we reach out to you

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.

 

God of the little ones.  When we feel anguished in our spirits.  When relationships keep going wrong.  When our families seem to tie us in knots and we can find no peace, we reach out to you

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.

 

God of the little ones.  When we feel crushed in our spirits.  When we feel we can no longer cope and we were not made to live happily upon the earth but only to struggle with our powerlessness, we reach out to you

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.

 

God of the little ones.  When we feel anger at injustice.  When the people around us act without kindness, pursuing their own agendas without awareness of the consequences, we reach out to you

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.

 

God of the little ones.  When we feel anger at injustice.  When we see how the powerful act without concern for the weak but hide behind their media machines, we reach out to you

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.

 

God of the little ones.  When we feel anger at injustice.  When we see the suffering of the poor and their heroic struggles crushed and unacknowledged by the boot of the rich, we reach out to you

 

God of the Exodus.  The world in anguish cries out to you.  Free us from oppression.  Make yourself known in all the earth.  Give us the strength to be your people and to work with you for the liberation of all.