She’s one of the Democratic candidates for the Presidency. Marianne Williamson penned this prayer in her book ILLUMINATA published in 1994.
PRAYER FOR AMERICA
We join in prayer to celebrate this nation and
surrender its destiny to You.
We give thanks in our hearts for the founding
of this country.
We give thanks for and bless the souls of those
who came before us to found this nation, to
nurture and to save it.
We ask now that God’s spirit fill our hearts
with righteousness.
May we play our parts in the healing and the
furtherance of our country.
May we be cleansed of all destructive thoughts.
May judgment of others, bigotry, racism, and
intolerance be washed clean from our hearts.
May our minds be filled with the thoughts of God,
His unconditional love and His acceptance of
all people.
May this nation be forgiven its transgressions,
against the African-American, Native
American, and any and all others.
May our lives be turned into instruments of
resurrection, that the sins of our fathers
might be reversed through us.
May the beauty and the greatness of this land
burst forth once more in the hearts of its people.
May the dreams of our forefathers be realized
in us, that we might live in honesty and
integrity and excellence with our neighbors.
May this country once again become a light
unto the nations of hope and goodness and
peace and freedom.
May the violence and darkness be cast out of our
midst.
May hatred no longer find fertile ground in
which to grow here.
May all of us feel God’s grace upon us.
Reignite, dear God, the spirit of truth in our
hearts.
May our nation be given a new light, the sacred
fire that once shone so bright from shore to shore.
May we be repaired.
May we be forgiven.
May our children be blessed.
May we be renewed.
Dear God, please bless America.
Amen.
It’s such a great prayer. Apt when it was written and still apt now. True patriotism. Thanks for sharing this with us, Larry!
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Yes, very slim chance of being our candidate, but she would be exactly what this country needs as President.
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Agreed! ❤
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A very nice prayer! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Ann, it’s one of my favorites.
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At the moment bigotry, racism, and intolerance seems feeding a great part of the American population and the present leader of that nation is the one loved by so many for his hatred and pronounced bluffing language.
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Yes, you are sadly correct. I always thought I had my fellow citizens pegged as good people, but I could be wrong about some of them.
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