“Whosoever welcomes the littlest of these children welcomes me”

Jesus put children at the heart of his vision of the kingdom of heaven, but our society so often fails them

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to little children

Children are often left to feel they are inadequate failures

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to little children

Children are often told by adults that they should be seen but not heard

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to little children

Children often suffer because of a lack of love or of loving boundaries

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to little children

Many children are abused by adults they trusted and we fail to protect them

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children

So many children around the world live in abject poverty

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children

Help us to put children at the heart of our lives and our vision of the future

All: Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children