Priests For Life Election Prayer
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
to realize 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.
