October 30, 2008

• Prayer before the election

  O God, we acknowledge you
  today as Lord,
  Not only of individuals, but of nations and
  governments.

  We thank you for the privilege
  Of being able to organize ourselves politically
  And of knowing that political loyalty
  Does not have to mean disloyalty to you.

  We thank you for your law,
  Which our Founding Fathers acknowledged
  And recognized as higher than any human law.

  We thank you for the
  opportunity that this election year puts before
  us,
  To exercise our solemn duty not only to vote,
  But to influence countless others to vote,
  And to vote correctly.

  Lord, we pray that your people
  may be awakened.
  Let them realize that while politics is not
  their salvation,
  Their response to you requires that they be
  politically active.

  Awaken your people to know
  that they are not called to be a sect fleeing
  the world
  But rather a community of faith renewing the
  world.

  Awaken them that the same
  hands lifted up to you in prayer
  Are the hands that pull the lever in the voting
  booth;
  That the same eyes that read your Word
  Are the eyes that read the names on the ballot,
  And that they do not cease to be Christians
  When they enter the voting booth.

  Awaken your people to a
  commitment to justice
  To the sanctity of marriage and the family,
  To the dignity of each individual human life,
  And to the truth that human rights begin when
  human lives begin,
  And not one moment later.

  Lord, we rejoice today
  That we are citizens of your kingdom.

  May that make us all the more
  committed
  To being faithful citizens on earth.

  We ask this through Jesus
  Christ our Lord. Amen.

  (From Priests for Life) 

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