Cardinal Dolan is a great guy.
Liberals will totally freak out.
Trump had many of these religious leaders to Trump Tower during the primary to meet a day to pray over Trump! This doesn’t surprise me one bit. Great news!
Muzzies and democrats crapping their pants.
No such thing as Pastor Paula...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but the miracle of the Trump movements success has all the hallmarks of divine intervention.
We truly are living in Biblical Times, something Mr Trump knows all to well
If this is true, then Liberal heads will be exploding across the Western World.
Whether you are Christian, Atheist or other,
by all objective measures,
Christianity is the best religion ever,
making the most successful society and members,
... ever!
When Trump goes to change things, he goes big like a BOSS!
It is so refreshing and comforting to know that Trump means what he says and, where he does not have to compromise, he is bold. This action speaks volumes about his intentions and will also rend the atheist leftists absolutely apoplectic and off-balance.
You keep being you President Trump, you glorious bastard!
“We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right,”
What will Nancy Pelosi and the other Democrats that are fake Christians have to say about this? Will they approve or find a way to say they are hateful to Muslims like Obarky?
Yeah! Way to GO TRUMP!
I’m fine with his plans, but I thought our inaugurations were already Christian based procedures. I guess Donald will emphasize that Christian quality in the program. Great.
I’m also okay with various faiths having a brief speaking moment during the program.
This variety of faiths represented can even include the Islam faith, as long as it’s done in English, and contains nothing negative about other faiths, either overtly or covertly. I have met a few Muslims who like our way of life, and have fully assimilated into American Life. I have faith that yes, it can be done. I do like that Donald is as much as possible, doing this his way. Let him put a personal stamp on it, Obama sure did prior to the inaugural with his Greek Columns.
Washington and Adams did not have Christian Inaugurations?
Who knew!
Does this mean that everyone attending the inauguration will bring their Bible and their gun?
Praise God!!
The silliest thing that I have read all day. Every Presidential inauguration has Christian pastors leading prayers.
As Trump just announced , Franklin Graham and 6 other religious figures will speak at the event.
Go Trump! It just keeps getting better & better. I love the sound of liberal heads popping morning, noon & night!
First christian inaugural in history ?
I sort of doubt that...
It’s a great thing, but probably not the first...
This is all Fake News nonsense by the usual liberal idiots.
From Wikipedia (not that they are my go-to source, but this is believable enough):
January 20, 1937 inaugural of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Invocation by Chaplain ZeBarney Thorne Phillips - Episcopalian, Chaplain of the United States Senate
Benediction by Father John A. Ryan - Catholic, professor, Catholic University of America[5]
January 20, 1941 inaugural of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Invocation by Chaplain ZeBarney Phillips
Benediction by Father Michael J. Ready, Catholic, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference[6]
January 20, 1945 inaugural of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Invocation by Bishop Angus Dun - Episcopalian, Bishop of Washington
Benediction by Monsignor John A. Ryan - Catholic
January 20, 1949 inaugural of Harry S. Truman
Invocation by Rev. Edward Hughes Pruden, Baptist, First Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.[7]
Prayer by Rabbi Samuel Thurman, Jewish, United Hebrew Congregation, St. Louis, Missouri[8]
Benediction by Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle, Catholic, Archbishop of Washington[9]
January 20, 1953 inaugural of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Invocation by Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle, Catholic, Archbishop of Washington
Prayer by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Jewish
Prayer by President Eisenhower
Benediction by Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, Episcopalian, Presiding Bishop
January 21, 1957 inaugural of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Invocation by Rev. Edward L. R. Elson - Presbyterian, Chaplain of the United States Senate
Prayer by Michael - Greek Orthodox
Prayer by Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, Jewish
Benediction by Cardinal Edward Mooney - Catholic, Archbishop of Detroit
January 20, 1961 inaugural of John F. Kennedy
Invocation by Cardinal Richard Cushing - Catholic, Archbishop of Boston
Prayer by Iakovos, Greek Orthodox
Prayer by Rev. Dr. John Barclay, pastor of the Central Christian Church of Austin, Texas
Benediction by Rabbi Nelson Glueck - Jewish
January 20, 1965 inaugural of Lyndon B. Johnson
Invocation by Archbishop Robert E. Lucey - Catholic, Archbishop of San Antonio
Prayer by Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel - Jewish, Congregation Beth Israel of Houston
Prayer by Rev. Dr. George R. Davis - Disciples of Christ
Benediction by Iakovos - Greek Orthodox
January 20, 1969 inaugural of Richard Nixon
Invocation by Rev. Charles Ewbank Tucker - African Methodist Episcopal Zion, bishop
Prayer by Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin - Jewish, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles
Prayer by Iakovos - Greek Orthodox
Prayer by Rev. Billy Graham - Southern Baptist, text of Billy Graham prayer 1969
Benediction by Archbishop Terence J. Cooke - Catholic, Archbishop of New York
January 20, 1973 inaugural of Richard M. Nixon
Invocation by Rev. E. V. Hill, National Baptist Convention, pastor of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles[10]
Prayer by Rabbi Seymour Siegel - Jewish, professor, Jewish Theological Seminary
Prayer by Iakovos - Greek Orthodox
Benediction by Archbishop Terence J. Cooke - Catholic, Archbishop of New York
January 20, 1977 inaugural of Jimmy Carter
Invocation by Bishop William Cannon - United Methodist
Benediction by Archbishop John R. Roach - Catholic
Rev. Donn Moomaw gives the invocation at the 1981 inauguration of President Ronald Reagan. Also pictured are House Speaker Tip O’Neill, Vice President George H. W. Bush, President Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Nancy Reagan.
January 20, 1981 inaugural of Ronald Reagan
Invocation by Rev. Donn Moomaw - Presbyterian, pastor of Bel Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles
Benediction by Rev. Donn Moomaw
January 21, 1985 inaugural of Ronald Reagan
Invocation by Rev. Timothy S. Healy - Catholic, president of Georgetown University
Prayer by Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk - Jewish, president, Hebrew Union College
Prayer by Rev. Donn Moomaw - Presbyterian
Benediction by Rev. Peter Gomes, chaplain, Harvard University
January 20, 1989 inaugural of George H. W. Bush
Invocation by Rev. Billy Graham - Southern Baptist, text of invocation 1989
Benediction by Rev. Billy Graham - Southern Baptist
January 20, 1993 inaugural of Bill Clinton
Invocation by Rev. Billy Graham - Southern Baptist, text of invocation 1993
Benediction by Rev. Billy Graham - Southern Baptist
January 20, 1997 inaugural of Bill Clinton
Invocation by Rev. Billy Graham - Southern Baptist, text of invocation 1997
Benediction by Rev. Gardner C. Taylor - Baptist
January 20, 2001 inaugural of George W. Bush
Invocation by Rev. Franklin Graham - Southern Baptist, text of invocation and benediction 2001
Benediction by Pastor Kirbyjon H. Caldwell - United Methodist
January 20, 2005 inaugural of George W. Bush
Invocation by Rev. Luis León - Episcopalian, rector St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square (Washington, D.C.)(Text of Invocation)
Benediction by Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell - Senior Pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas(Text of Benediction)
January 20, 2009 inaugural of Barack Obama
Invocation by Rev. Dr. Rick Warren - Baptist, Pastor of the Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California
Benediction by Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery - United Methodist
January 21, 2013 inaugural of Barack Obama
Reverend Luis Leon delivering the benediction at the 2013 Presidential InaugurationInvocation by Myrlie Evers-Williams, the first woman and non-clergy to deliver an inaugural prayer.
Benediction by Rev. Dr. Luis León, fourteenth rector of St. John’s Church. Pastor Louie Giglio had originally been tapped by the inaugural committee but withdrew amid controversy regarding an anti-gay sermon he had delivered in the 1990s.[11]
Associated morning prayer service[edit]
Presidents since 1933 have often worshipped privately before the actual ceremony.
1933 - Franklin Roosevelt attend a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in the morning (Saturday) before being sworn in.
1937 - Franklin Roosevelt attended a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in the morning (Wednesday) before being sworn in.
1941 - Franklin Roosevelt attended a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in the morning (Wednesday) before being sworn in.
1945 - Franklin Roosevelt had a private service in the White House.
1949 - Harry Truman attended a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in the morning (Thursday) before being sworn in.
1953 - Dwight Eisenhower attended a service at National Presbyterian Church in the morning (Tuesday) before being sworn in.
1957 - Dwight Eisenhower attended a service at National Presbyterian Church (Sunday) before being sworn in privately. He was publicly sworn in the next day.
1961 - John F. Kennedy attended the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at Holy Trinity Church.
1965 - Lyndon Johnson attended a private service at National City Christian Church in the morning (Wednesday) before being sworn in. Billy Graham gave a sermon.
1969 - Richard Nixon had a prayer breakfast in the State Department
1973 - Richard Nixon had no prayer service. He did attend church the next day, a Sunday. There was also a White House Prayer Service with Billy Graham (sermon), Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, and Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin as speakers.[12]
1977 - James Earl Carter attended a private service at First Baptist Church[13]
1981 - Ronald Reagan attended a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Speakers included Billy Graham.
1985 - Ronald Reagan attended a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, January 20.
1989 - George H. W. Bush attended a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
1993 - William Clinton attended a private service at Metropolitan AME Church
1997 - William Clinton attended a private service at Metropolitan AME Church
2001 on January 20 George W. Bush attended a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church
2009 - Barack Obama attended a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church
2013 - Barack Obama attended a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church on the morning of Monday, January 21, immediately before his public inaugural ceremony. (He had privately been sworn in the previous day.)