With Josh Dubois – head of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships – watching, President Obama today signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation. Calling it a day of "unity and prayer", he adds:
Let us… use this day to come together in a moment of peace and goodwill. Our world grows smaller by the day, and our varied beliefs can bring us together to feed the hungry and comfort the afflicted; to make peace where there is strife; and to lift up those who have fallen on hard times. As we observe this day of prayer, we remember the one law that binds all great religions together: the Golden Rule, and its call to love one another; to understand one another; and to treat with dignity and respect those with whom we share a brief moment on this Earth.
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I call upon Americans to pray in thanksgiving for our freedoms and blessings and to ask for God's continued guidance, grace, and protection for this land that we love.
You can read the proclamation here.
