Monday, October 27, 2008

A Prayer to Bless Our Country

CONGRESSMAN ERIC CANTOR'S VISIT
OCT. 27™, 2008

LET US PRAY

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE AND GIVER OF LIFE

GRANT US PEACE. YOUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT, O ETERNAL SOURCE OF PEACE, AND GIVE US THE WILL TO PROCLAIM ITS MESSAGE TO ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH.

BLESS OUR COUNTRY, THAT IT MAY ALWAYS BE A STRONGHOLD OF PEACE AND IT'S ADVOCATE AMONG THE NATIONS.

MAY CONTENTMENT REIGN WITHIN ITS BORDERS, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS WITHIN ITS HOMES.

STRENGTHEN THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF ALL LANDS AND MAY THE LOVE OF YOUR NAME HALLOW EVERY HOME AND EVERY HEART WE PRAISE YOU, O GOD, THE SOURCE OF PEACE.

ALMIGHTY GOD, GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DISCERN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE COURAGE TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY IN FOLLOWING THAT PATH: THE WILL TO FACE THE CHALLENGES THAT CONFRONT US ALONG THE WAY: AND THE STRENGTH TO FOLLOW YOUR WILL

GUIDE AND PROTECT US AS WE MOVE THROUGH PERILOUS TIMES AND ACCEPT OUR HUMBLE THANKS FOR THE MANY GIFTS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US.

WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE OUR CONGRESSMAN ERIC CANTOR AND HIS COLLEAGUES THE WISDOM AND INTEGRITY TO LEAD OUR NATION

AMEN

John Underwood
Madison, VA