Obama's inauguration - a prayer

Wed Jan 28 18:08:33 PST 2009

May the Peace of God guard him during his time in the Office for our
troubled world...

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For those who may be interested:

Opening Inaugural Event
Lincoln Memorial, Washington , DC
January 18, 2009

Delivered by the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson:

"Welcome to Washington ! The fun is about to begin, but first, please join
me in pausing for a moment, to ask God's blessing upon our nation and our
next president.
O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will.
Bless us with tears - for a world in which over a billion people exist on
less than a dollar a day, where young women from many lands are beaten and
raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition,
malaria, and AIDS.
Bless us with anger - at discrimination, at home and abroad, against
refugees and immigrants, women, people of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender people.
Bless us with discomfort - at the easy, simplistic "answers" we've preferred
to hear from our politicians, instead of the truth, about ourselves and the
world, which we need to face if we are going to rise to the challenges of
the future.
Bless us with patience - and the knowledge that none of what ails us will be
"fixed" anytime soon, and the understanding that our new president is a
human being, not a messiah.
Bless us with humility - open to understanding that our own needs must
always be balanced with those of the world.
Bless us with freedom from mere tolerance - replacing it with a genuine
respect and warm embrace of our differences, and an understanding that in
our diversity, we are stronger.
Bless us with compassion and generosity - remembering that every religion's
God judges us by the way we care for the most vulnerable in the human
community, whether across town or across the world.
And God, we give you thanks for your child Barack, as he assumes the office
of President of the United States .
Give him wisdom beyond his years, and inspire him with Lincoln 's
reconciling leadership style, President Kennedy's ability to enlist our best
efforts, and Dr. King's dream of a nation for ALL the people.
Give him a quiet heart, for our Ship of State needs a steady, calm captain
in these times.
Give him stirring words, for we will need to be inspired and motivated to
make the personal and common sacrifices necessary to facing the challenges
ahead.
Make him color-blind, reminding him of his own words that under his
leadership, there will be neither red nor blue states, but the United States
.
Help him remember his own oppression as a minority, drawing on that
experience of discrimination, that he might seek to change the lives of
those who are still its victims.
Give him the strength to find family time and privacy, and help him remember
that even though he is president, a father only gets one shot at his
daughters' childhoods.

And please, God, keep him safe. We know we ask too much of our presidents,
and we're asking FAR too much of this one. We know the risk he and his wife
are taking for all of us, and we implore you, O good and great God, to keep
him safe. Hold him in the palm of your hand - that he might do the work we
have called him to do, that he might find joy in this impossible calling,
and that in the end, he might lead us as a nation to a place of integrity,
prosperity and peace.

AMEN."

Very best wishes

Jon

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