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  • A Prayer for our Nation as We prepare to Elect Leaders

    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.

    Rev. Frank Pavone Priests for Life ElectionPrayer.com

               St. Stephen First Martyr Catholic Church's Mission Statement
"Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we the family of
St. Stephen Catholic Church
nurture and sustain our faith through Love, Service and Unity."

(September 2006)
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