NEW YORK, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is the invocation by
Archbishop Demetrios, remarks as prepared for delivery at the 2004 Republican
National Convention:
Let us bow our heads in prayer.
Almighty and All-merciful Lord, we bow our heads in thanksgiving for the
wealth of blessings seen and unseen that You have given us, the American
people, through times of abundance and times of need, through times of war and
times of peace.
We thank you especially for the gifts of liberty and prosperity and for
the call to be defenders and promoters of justice and freedom for all peoples.
Humbly we beseech You, Lord, to remember in kindness all our fellow
Americans who in all times offered and continue to offer their lives in
defense of this country and the sacred precepts of freedom, equality and
justice upon which it is founded.
We also beseech you, O Lord, to bless the work of the delegates of this
Republican Party Convention who have come together to carry forward our
democratic institutions.
Remember now your servants, President George W. Bush, and Vice-President
Richard Cheney.
Give them at all times the wisdom from above; the dedication to justice;
the knowledge of the truth that sets us free; and, above all, the love for
this nation and for all people, both friend and foe alike.
Guide them to fulfill the duties of their office always in a way pleasing
to You, for the good of our nation, for the peace and happiness of the world,
and for the glory of Your Holy Name.
For Yours alone is the dominion and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
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