HIV/AIDS

The following selected list of worship resources is for worship on the Sunday closest to World AIDS Day, observed each year on December 1, or can be adapted for use on another date.

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) has developed worship materials for its global HIV/AIDS pandemic. You can find these materials and worship suggestions from members of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance* around the world.

Prayers

The following prayer is from Christian Aid.*

God of enduring hope and vibrant life,
be with us all as we live with HIV/AIDS. Help us struggle in love and anger toward a better world:
where poverty is a word from history,
global trade works to benefit us all,
and our blood is forever free from HIV/AIDS. Without your grace such life is impossible;
without our actions such hope is improbable;
give us the vision to make such a world imaginable. Through Jesus
Amen

Nicky Nicholls
(Copyright © Christian Aid. Used with permission.)

(may be used as a closing prayer)
Go out into the world and take with you
The hope of God our creator who in love
Created a world where all would be whole
and longs for that wholeness to be restored.
The hope of Jesus who touched and ate with the broken
And offered them healing as he offers us now.
In the hope of the Spirit who inspires and guides and energises
us in times of apathy and despair
To work to bring all God's people into oneness and health.

Eildon Dyer

Additional Prayers

The following prayers are from National Episcopal AIDS Coalition (NEAC)*

Merciful God,
we remember before you all who are sick this day,
and especially all persons with AIDS or HIV infection.
Give them courage to live with their disease.
Help them to face and overcome their fears.
Be with them when they are alone or rejected.
Comfort them when they are discouraged.
And touch them with your healing Spirit that they may find and possess eternal life,
now and forever.
Amen.

Dios Creador:
Venimos ante ti unidos por el amor para pedirte nos fortalezcas en la lucha contra la plaga del SIDA. Que pronto se encuentre la cura para que podamos alabarte sin dolor, en nombre de Cristo Nuestro Señor. Amén.

A Litany of Remembrance

Hymns