Novena prayer for the 9 days preceding the 2010 elections
(Sign of the cross) Father in heaven, You wish us as Christians and citizens in our country to strive to participate with our people fully and faithfully toward the building up of a society and a nation whose social and political order is founded on the truth, guided by justice, realized in freedom, flowering in peace.
You remind us in the Scriptures that Unless the Lord build the city, they labor in vain who wish to raise it, that not in personal lives alone but in social and political strivings also, “without me You can do nothing,’ without You, Lord, we cannot deeply and lastingly bring to realization a true moral and spiritual renewal in our land.
We turn to You then, Lord at this crucial time when our local and national elections are about to take place and we beg You for our people and our nation and for ourselves.
That You may enlighten our minds and guide our consciences ever to place the common good of our nation and our people, especially the good of those who are poor and have less in life, above all other lesser interests hat those we vote for will be those who will strive to serve our people’s interests and not their own, above everything else; that they be those who will seek to make Your will and Your purposes truly present and operative in the governance of our society and in the working out of true solidarity and peace among our people; that they will never sacrifice truth and justice to the pursuit of gain and their narrow self-interest through lying, corruption and greed;
That You may purify the spirit in all those charged with the due realization of these elections, so that they will fulfill their tasks and duties in total obedience to the laws of our land, with complete integrity, honesty and transparency seeking only that the will of our people and their free and rightful voice may truly express Your voice for us.
That the efforts of those who for their own interests seek to frustrate the full and honest exercise of our people’s right and duty in the electoral processes, be thoroughly thwarted by the vigilance, steadfastness and courage of those who will uphold, defend and guard our democracy and our democratic freedoms with conscience, integrity and al l their rightful might.
Heart of Jesus, pierced for our sakes at this crucial time of history, lead all our people to the ways of truth and wisdom, love, selflessness and self-sacrifice which You gave us as the law of our own living. Be with us now, Heart of our Savior and have mercy on our people and our land.
Immaculate Heart of Mary beloved mother of our people, intercede for us with Your son that we may fulfill our rights and duties during these elections with true purity of mind with conscience and courage. BE with us, our Mother and pray for our people and our land.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be (3x)
You remind us in the Scriptures that Unless the Lord build the city, they labor in vain who wish to raise it, that not in personal lives alone but in social and political strivings also, “without me You can do nothing,’ without You, Lord, we cannot deeply and lastingly bring to realization a true moral and spiritual renewal in our land.
We turn to You then, Lord at this crucial time when our local and national elections are about to take place and we beg You for our people and our nation and for ourselves.
That You may enlighten our minds and guide our consciences ever to place the common good of our nation and our people, especially the good of those who are poor and have less in life, above all other lesser interests hat those we vote for will be those who will strive to serve our people’s interests and not their own, above everything else; that they be those who will seek to make Your will and Your purposes truly present and operative in the governance of our society and in the working out of true solidarity and peace among our people; that they will never sacrifice truth and justice to the pursuit of gain and their narrow self-interest through lying, corruption and greed;
That You may purify the spirit in all those charged with the due realization of these elections, so that they will fulfill their tasks and duties in total obedience to the laws of our land, with complete integrity, honesty and transparency seeking only that the will of our people and their free and rightful voice may truly express Your voice for us.
That the efforts of those who for their own interests seek to frustrate the full and honest exercise of our people’s right and duty in the electoral processes, be thoroughly thwarted by the vigilance, steadfastness and courage of those who will uphold, defend and guard our democracy and our democratic freedoms with conscience, integrity and al l their rightful might.
Heart of Jesus, pierced for our sakes at this crucial time of history, lead all our people to the ways of truth and wisdom, love, selflessness and self-sacrifice which You gave us as the law of our own living. Be with us now, Heart of our Savior and have mercy on our people and our land.
Immaculate Heart of Mary beloved mother of our people, intercede for us with Your son that we may fulfill our rights and duties during these elections with true purity of mind with conscience and courage. BE with us, our Mother and pray for our people and our land.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be (3x)
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