Independence Day Prayer

Posted Sat, 07/04/2009 - 01:00

Holy God:
What greater feeling of liberation could we have than to know ourselves as your own children, brothers and sisters of Christ whom you sent to show us your love? We are free this day to praise you, and for this we are grateful.

As our nation celebrates Independence Day, let us not forgot those who have sacrificed to safeguard our freedoms, sacrificed even to the point of death, as your own son, Jesus. May we not take our freedoms, physical or spiritual, for granted, nor the sacrifices that have given us these gifts. Keep safe all those who continue to serve, and bless their families with harmony and bounty.

Help us to live in awareness of our blessedness, and with grateful hearts share generously the freedoms we cherish. Amen.

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