“…assist with Thy Holy Spirit of counsel and fortitude the President of these United States, that his administration may be conducted in righteousness, and be eminently useful to Thy people over whom he presides; by encouraging due respect for virtue and religion; by a faithful execution of the laws in justice and mercy; and by restraining vice and immorality.”
This is one of the petitions in the prayer composed by John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore, in 1791. John was a cousin of Charles Carroll of Maryland, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
May I submit that while we pray this prayer on this Inauguration Day, we add a faith-filled petition that President Barack Obama have a sincere change of heart, a metanoia, that he protect the life and liberty of all our citizens, especially the most vulnerable: the unborn.
I stand with the many in praying for my country, and yes the President; but my prayers will always be that he have a complete change of heart on those life issues he refuses to embrace for political expediency.
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