01/02/2025
๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ (๐๐๐๐)
๐๐ฏ 1791, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข (๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ) ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ 234 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ.
Almighty and eternal God, who through Jesus Christ has revealed Your glory to all nations, we pray that You preserve the works of Your mercy and that your Church, being spread through the whole world, may continue with unchanging faith in the confession of your name.
You alone are good and holy, and we pray that You endow our church leaders with heavenly knowledge, sincere zeal and sanctity of life: our chief bishop, the pope, the vicar of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the government of his Church; our own bishop, all other bishops, prelates and pastors of the Church; and especially those who are appointed to exercise among us the functions of the holy ministry, and conduct Your people into the ways of salvation.
O God of might, wisdom and justice, through whom authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment decreed, we ask that You assist, with your Holy Spirit of counsel and fortitude, the president of these United States, that his administration may be conducted in righteousness and be eminently useful to your people over whom he presides; by encouraging due respect for virtue and religion; by a faithful ex*****on of the laws in justice and mercy; and by restraining vice and immorality.
Let the light of Your divine wisdom direct the deliberations of Congress, and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws framed for our rule and government, so that they may tend to the preservation of peace, the promotion of national happiness, the increase of industry, sobriety and useful knowledge; and may perpetuate to us the blessing of equal liberty.
We pray for the governor of our state, for the members of the assembly, for all judges, magistrates, and other officers who are appointed to guard our political welfare, that they may be enabled, by Your powerful protection, to discharge the duties of their respective stations with honesty and ability.
We also recommend to Your unbounded mercy, all our fellow citizens throughout the United States, that they may be blessed in the knowledge and sanctified in the observance of your most holy law; that they may be preserved in union, and in that peace which the world cannot give; and after enjoying the blessings of this life, be admitted to those which are eternal.
Finally, we pray to You, O Lord of mercy, to remember the souls of Your servants departed, who are gone before us with the sign of faith and repose in the sleep of peace; the souls of our parents, relatives and friends; of those who, when living, were members of this congregation, and particularly those who are lately deceased. To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech You, a place of refreshment, light and everlasting peace, through the same Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior. Amen.
