{"id":27062,"date":"2012-07-04T08:17:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T12:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/happy-independence-day\/"},"modified":"2012-07-04T08:17:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T12:17:50","slug":"happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/happy-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/independenceday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"independenceday.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2012\/07\/independenceday-thumb-300x233-12041.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">With the Church we pray,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">God of justice, Father of truth, who guide creation in wisdom and goodness to fulfillment in Christ your Son, open our hearts to the truth of his Gospel, that your peace may rule in our hearts and your justice guide our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">And for the intention of religious liberty which we&#8217;ve been praying for the last 14 days,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><b>Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #333233\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">O God our Creator, through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing 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 &#8212; for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us &#8212; this great land will always be &#8220;one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.&#8221; We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Church we pray,&nbsp; God of justice, Father of truth, who guide creation in wisdom and goodness to fulfillment in Christ your Son, open our hearts to the truth of his Gospel, that your peace may rule in our hearts and your justice guide our lives. 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