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Posted on 10/12/2008 6:35:55 PM PDT by DocT111
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.
Amen here too.
It was mentioned at Mass today the unborn are huge consideration in whichever way I vote as a Catholic. They didn’t say this four and eight years ago at my parish. Of course since the last election we actually got a real Catholic Bishop. If I didn’t phrase how they said it right, forgive me, it was very clear what was being said.
LOVE your tag line!!
And Amen
Amen.
Amen.
I’ll say it every day also.
Amen
This election is in God’s hands. All rulers are made and broken by Him. I pray that His hand still blesses us and that His will is done.
Keep praying thank you bump.
Fr. Pavone is awesome.
Oh my goodness, I thought the same thing before I saw your post. It is a beautiful, appropriate prayer. I will be saying it from now until election day, along with my other supplications.
Thank you Fr. Pavone.
Amen, and thank you Doc.
Ping!
A big Amen to Father Pavone’s prayer.
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Our pastor (Catholic) gave us a hint that his homily next weekend would pertain to the elections, and that he received his inspiration from Fr. Pavone. Considering this priest usually selects some obscure medieval mystic or erudite theologian, he must have been very impressed with what Fr. Frank Pavone said; perhaps it’s this prayer.
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