God of justice and mercy,
you hear the cries of the outcast and the suffering,
you see those alone and outside,
those who are strangers in their own house.

You are the God who rescues.
You set free from tyranny, and
you lead your people to peace and abundance.
You turn enemies into neighbors.

Now, we plead for the oppressed —
that you would restore strangers
as brothers and sisters in our midst,
for You alone are Lord of all.

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Based on a concept from W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote in The Souls of Black Folk (1903):
“Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?”