America's pope has posted the text of his prayer at the RNC:
Almighty God, father of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus, we beg your
continued blessings on this sanctuary of freedom, and on all of those
who proudly call America home. We ask your benediction upon those yet
to be born, and on those who are about to see you at the end of this
life. Bless those families whose ancestors arrived on these shores
generations ago, as well as those families that have come recently, to
build a better future while weaving their lives into the rich tapestry
of America.
We lift up to your loving care those afflicted by the recent storms
and drought and fire. We ask for the grace to stand in solidarity with
all those who suffer. May we strive to include your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, in the production and
prosperity of a people so richly blessed.
Oh God of wisdom, justice, and might, we ask your guidance for those
who govern us, and on those who would govern us: the president and
vice-president, the Congress, the Supreme Court, and on all those who
seek to serve the common good by seeking public office, especially
Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan. Make them all worthy to serve you
by serving our country. Help them remember that the only just
government is the government that serves its citizens rather than
itself.
Almighty God, who gives us the sacred and inalienable gift of life, we
thank you as well for the singular gift of liberty. Renew in all of our
people a respect for religious freedom in full, that first most
cherished freedom. Make us truly free, by tethering freedom to truth and
ordering freedom to goodness. Help us live our freedom in faith, hope,
and love; prudently, and with justice; courageously, and in a spirit of
moderation. Enkindle in our hearts a new sense of responsibility for
freedom’s cause. And make us ever-grateful for all those who, for more
than two centuries, have given their lives in freedom’s defense; we
commend their noble souls to your eternal care, as even now we beg your
mighty hand upon our beloved men and women in uniform.
May we know the truth of your creation, respecting the laws of nature
and nature’s God, and not seek to replace it with idols of our own
making. Give us the good sense not to cast aside the boundaries of
righteous living you first inscribed in our hearts even before
inscribing them on tablets of stone. May you mend our every flaw,
confirming our soul in self-control, our liberty in law.
We pray for all those who seek honest labor, as we thank you for the
spirit of generosity to those in need with which you so richly blessed
this nation.
We beseech your blessing on all who depart from here this evening,
and on all those, in every land, who seek to conduct their lives in
freedom.
Most of all, Almighty God, we thank you for the great gift of our beloved country.
For we are indeed “one nation under God.”
And “in God we trust.”
9/01/2012
Our liberty in law
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