Prayer for our Country
Heavenly Father,
You are the real foundation of nations,
raising them up to serve and care
for the people dwelling in their boundaries.
I thank You for making me a citizen of this land
of freedom and unlimited opportunity ---
these United States.
Send forth your Spirit to this country
and make it a source of wisdom and strength,
order and integrity throughout the world.

A Prayer for Peace
Lord, make me and instrument of your peace!
Where there is hatred...let me sow love.
Where there is injury....pardon.
Where there is doubt....faith.
Where there is darkness...light.
Where there is sadness....joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled...as to console.
To be understood...as to understand.
To be loved...as to love.
for
It is in giving...that we receive.
It is in pardoning...that we are pardoned.
It is in dying...that we are born to eternal life.