St.
Thomas More, Patron of Religious Freedom - Pray for Us!
O
God Our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You have called us as your
people and given us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true
God and you Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and working of
your Holy Spirit you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the
world, bring the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every
corner of society.
We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious
liberty. Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend
our freedoms when they are threatened; give us courage in making our
voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church and the freedom of
conscience of all people of faith.
Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your
sons and daughters gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the
history of our nation so that, with every trial withstood and every
danger overcome--for the sake of our children our grandchildren, and all
who come after us- this great land will always be "one nation, under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen