A Prayer for Our Country Before Election Day, by David Abernethy (2024)

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Date: 2024-09-09

Last Updated: 2024-09-09

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), 🇺🇸 United States of America

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, civic responsibility, democracy, English vernacular prayer, pluralism, United States General Election 2024, voting

Excerpt: A civic prayer for the United States of America in anticipation of Election Day 2024. . . .

Content:
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Our God and God of our ancestors,
with hope and humility we approach Election Day,
the day on which We the People[1] The incipit to the Preamble to the United States Constitution (1787). 
will choose the individuals
who will govern our nation, our states,
and our communities.
You have abundantly blessed
the United States of America
with freedom, security, prosperity,
and the right to democratic self-government.
You made it possible for the founders of our country
to fulfill the command of Your Torah,
to “proclaim liberty throughout the land,
and unto all the inhabitants thereof.” (Leviticus 25:10)
Daily we pray to You
to restore our leaders as in former times.
On this Election Day,
help us to remember
that in America we are responsible
for choosing our own leaders,
and that the survival of our democracy,
and the well-being of generations of Americans to come,
depend upon the care we take in those choices.
Daily we pray to You
for knowledge, discernment and wisdom.
On this Election Day
grant us those blessings in full,
so that we may consider our choices with knowledge
and vote with discernment and wisdom,
with the best interests of our country
and our communities in mind.
Daily we pray to You
to subdue the arrogant in our time.
On Election Day, and every day,
help us to subdue the arrogance within ourselves.
Open our hearts and minds
to consider the opinions of our fellow citizens,
as we call upon them to consider ours.
Strengthen our will
to fulfill our duties to our country
and to one another.
To exercise our precious right to vote.
And to do all we can to ensure
that every legal vote is counted,
regardless of the candidate or party
for whom it is cast.
May it be Your will
that our decisions this Election Day
will preserve this country
as a wellspring of liberty
and a beacon of tolerance and democracy
for the entire world.
And let us say Amen.

 

Notes

Notes
1 The incipit to the Preamble to the United States Constitution (1787).

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