A prayer to for our Country

O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, at this most critical time, we entrust the United States of America to your loving care.

Most Holy Mother, we beg you to reclaim this land for the glory of your Son. Overwhelmed with the burden of the sins of our nation, we cry to you from the depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection.
Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people. Open our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that accompany human freedom.
Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten the sanctity of family life. Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that God’ s law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He alone is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. O Merciful Mother, give us the courage to reject the culture of death and the strength to build a new Culture of Life.

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Lord, please be in our midst as we come together as your body to lift up our country and our leaders. Please protect our country from the division, that challenges our ability to live pleasing to you. Defend the vulnerable and voiceless, and bring justice to those who have suffered injustice.Dear Lord, please give us the government representatives who believe Your truth. Remind them to seek Your guidance as they make decisions that affect our country and world. Send them godly wisdom and good counselors. And give election candidates the strength to choose integrity in both their campaigns and their terms in office.
Lord Jesus, forgive us for the times we’ve entered a conversation without really listening. Show us how to listen with open and humble hearts, especially to people different from us. Help our leaders to do the same. Teach us as a nation to focus less on getting our way and more on loving our neighbors, especially the most vulnerable among us. Lord, give our leaders and prospective leaders the strength to be humble, soft-hearted, and willing to listen to every voice.
Holy Father, thank You for creating each of us with unique gifts, and for gifting some with leadership abilities to help guide our country. Refresh their spirits and encourage them. Give them the strength to make good decisions both in and out of the public eye. Help them readily give grace, and receive it. Protect all our families from sickness, bitterness, and discouragement. May every leader be encouraged by the truth that Your love is always stronger than hate.

God, forgive us for the times we’ve failed to treat each other as Your creation. Forgive us for unloving behavior toward others.

And help us to love others as You loved us. And bless our country a new movement of collaboration and respect in our nation’s capital and throughout the country. Give Your people the strength to lead by example with radical, world-changing love.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.