[Hiskid]

Father, in the name of Jesus we come before You and bless You for this Nation in which You have placed us for such a time as this. We echo the prayers of our forefathers today:

God Bless America

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that s free.
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer:

God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.

The Star-Spangled Banner

O say can you see, by the dawn s early light,
What so proudly we hail d at the twilight s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O er the ramparts we watch d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Vs. 4:
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov d home and the war s desolation!
Blest with vict ry and peace may the heav n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - In God is our trust,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

[Hiskid]

Please join our forefathers in songs of petition and praise to our God for our Nation.

[hoosiermama]

Thank you.
Really wish more would sing that fourth verse at public events.

Look up the circumstances under which God Bless America was written. Quite a story.

When Columbus landed he claimed in one journal that his me. Fell on knees on shore and sang The Dem.

The first book published in the new world was the Massachusetts Psalm book. On page 100 was a song using a loose translation of that song.

For years it was known as old hundred. We sing it today as the Doxology

First song sung. First song published. Still in our hearts

Praise God...

[left that other site]

Amen.

I love those songs.

I love “America The Beautiful” too! (”God shed His Grace on thee!”)

[JoeFromSidney]

America doesn't have the Catholic/Orthodox traditions that Russia does, and I don't expect it to. However, it would be a big help if His Holiness would quit denigrating traditionalists, who make up a big chunk of American Catholics. It's beginning to look as though he hates us. Given that, it's hard to support whatever efforts he might make to aid Christians in Muslim countries.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Amen.

[Irish Rose]

Amen.

[Kitty Mittens]

And this be our motto - In God is our trust.

Joining you in Prayer and Praise, Dearest Sister Hiskid.
Thanksgiving for your Anointed Prayer Ministry.

[Pajamajan]

Amen.