Fire in the Whole!
A Prayer for National Repentance
Please use the following prayer at least once daily until 31 days after the General Election is certified.
Almighty Everliving God, we – the citizens of America – come to You with humbled and contrite hearts. We repent of our tepid faith, our poorly-developed and fruitless works, and our indifference to You and to our neighbors. We are resolved to return to You, to submit to Your Will, and to become again "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." From the doors of our homes, from the gates of our communities, from the seat of our governments, and from the depths of our hearts we return to You for You alone are compassionate enough to heal and restore our Nation. Bless our civil and religious leaders and everyone in authority – including those who develop, enforce, and adjudicate laws – so that they serve with morality, compassion, integrity, wisdom, and justice so we can all live together in Peace. We stand against those who follow the ways of evil and anarchy, threatening to destroy our Nation and to set aside the blessings and wisdom You gave to our founding fathers. We will return to serving God, Country, and family so that Your Name may be glorified. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with God the Father Almighty in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life.
AMEN.
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Chick Todd was reared as a "Baptiterian" in Denver, Colorado and grew up to become an American Roman Catholic. After several years of feeling called to the Roman Catholic Church, I made my First Communion as a Catholic at Easter Vigil in 1969. That happy event was followed two weeks later with the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony with Crucita at Chapel 2 on Lackland AFB in San Antonio TX.
We are shown here at the celebration of our 50th Anniversary which included a renewal of our Vows. During those fifty years we have been Catechists, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Eucharist, Lectors, and the RCIA/C Coordinators for our Parish, St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish on the island of Kaua'i in Hawai'i.
When we married, we devoted our Marriage Vocation to establishing and maintaining a Christ-Centered Home. It still works that way today. The love we have shared with each other has been multiplied as we share it with others, especially our two adopted children, and all the children and adults we have helped catechize.
I have always been a serious Bible student and now run a blog called The Moon Beam Network at www.aloha-friday.org where I publish a weekly Catholic Bible study every Aloha Friday. Crucita is an exceptional Master Teacher, and so we find abundant opportunities to share our love of Word and Sacrament with many others. Come visit us at The Moon Beam Network. E komo mai!
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