God of Solidarity,
Thank you for being a God who enters the suffering of the world – who doesn’t run from those in pain but rushes to the site of the blood, of tears.
Release us from empty cravings of unity that comes at no cost to the oppressor, and guide is toward a solidarity that demands something of us.
Let us learn to risk ourselves on behalf of the vulnerable, believing that when one of us is harmed, we all are.
Help us to remember that justice and liberation are not a scarcity, and that our survival and dignity are wrapped up in one another.
And God, keep us from those who will demonize the fight in us. Who would prefer us complacent and far from one another.
Secure in us the courage to stand, knowing together we will restore what the world has tried to suffocate in us. Amen
*Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley