Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants

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Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants

• If anyone wishes to come after me, they must take
  up their cross daily and follow me.
• Luke 923

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Migration pilgrimages of faith and
hopeFromPope Benedict XVIMessage for the
World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2013
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Life is like a voyage on the sea of history,
often dark and stormy, a voyage in which we watch
for the stars that indicate the route
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The true stars of our life are people who have
lived good lives. They are lights of hope.
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Certainly, Jesus Christ is the true light, the
sun that has risen above the shadows of history
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But to reach him we also need lights close by
people who shine with his light and so guide us
along our way.
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Brothers and sistersThrough faith you are all
children of God in Christ Jesus.Galatians 326
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And if you belong to Christ, then you are
Abrahams descendant, heirs according to the
promise. Galatians 329
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Dear brothers and sisters, who yourselves are
migrantstake every opportunity to encounter the
Lord and to see his face in the acts of kindness
you receive during your pilgrimage of hope. Pope
Benedict XVI Message for the World Day of
Migrants and Refugees 2013
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