As our world suffers,
sickened by this virus, we pray:
Inoculate our hearts with fortitude
   to dismantle systemic racism
Inject our souls with compassion to love
   and then to love harder
Mitigate our structures of power
   against abuse, exploitation and violence.
Protect our siblings, among us and beyond,Â
   beloved humans who lay bleeding in our streets
Strengthen those wearied by oppression,
   with renewed energy, tenacity, hope and rest.
Fortify our hearts to listen deeply and amplify the voices
   of Black people
   of Brown people
   of Indigenous people everywhere
Immunize us, O Source of Healing,
Immunize us against this viral historic hate,
Course through our veins courage and conviction
   to reckon with our implicit bias
   to apologize for our role in the pain
   to fight to end this oppression
Vaccinate us, vaccinate us, O Source of HealingÂ
   with the sacred power of love.
