O God, our comforter in hard times, often have we called to you in pain and you have answered our pleas. Here we sit this night, guardians of a shelter where women lie sleeping, briefly safe from the battering and bitterness of a world that does not protect them. They look to us to knit together their shattered hopes, dreams, and lives. But, you, O God, are the tailor, the binder of wounds, and the great healer. Help us to be conduits for your love, to reveal you to them, and in seeing their joy, to know you more deeply. In the name of him who fully opened himself to all in need, Jesus Christ, your Son. Amen.
-Ms. Jayne Oasin from the book Womens Uncommon Prayers