Election Prayer
Almighty God, Lord of Life and King of all Nations, we beg you to look Kindly upon our country and help us to wisely choose our new leaders.
Inform our consciences and enlighten our judgment, that we may elect those who will mercifully uphold our justice and strive to protect the least among us.
May our nation once again respect religious freedom, authentic marriage, the importance of family and the value of every human life - from conception to natural birth.
Heal the divisions which wound our unity and help us to overlook political tensions that keep us from becoming a united force for good.
May our great land, built on both personal responsibility and charity towards the less fortunate, always balance prosperity with care for the elderly, the poor,
the sick and the abandoned.
May we elect honest and trustworthy candidates who will uphold the common good and protect our God-given rights.
In concert with the great founders of our nation, may we confidently proclaim, "In God we trust". Amen
Prayer Before An Election
Lord God, as the election approaches, we seek to better understand the issues and concerns that confront our city/state/country, and how the Gospel compels
us to respond as faithful citizens in our community.
We ask for eyes that are free from blindness so that we might see each other as brothers and sisters, one and equal in dignity, especially those who are
victims of abuse and violence, deceit and poverty.
We ask for ears that will hear the cries of children unborn and those abandoned, men and women oppressed because of race or creed, religion or gender.
We ask for minds and hearts that are open to hearing the voice of leaders who will bring us closer to your Kingdom.
We pray for discernment so that we may choose leaders who hear your Word, live your love, and keep in the ways of your truth as they follow in the steps
of Jesus and his Apostles and guide us to your Kingdom of justice and peace.
We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
A Prayer for our Nation's 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. |
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