Please, God, look with favor on our nation.
Help us be America the Beautiful once more.
Guide us finally to bring true freedom to all citizens
and to end the curses of poverty and discrimination.

Please bring amity and cooperation to our lawmakers,
aiding them to put personal career considerations
and recriminations aside when elections are over,
to take up seriously and honestly
the challenging work of government.

Please replant the faith of our fathers
in the hearts of our people
and courageous honesty in the halls of our Congress.

Please reinvigorate the dedication of true patriots
and return non-partisan seriousness
to the deliberations and decisions of our leaders.

Please help us reform wisely and fairly
the laws and institutions of our government.
Please let cordial, honest discussion
replace political posturing and bickering.

You have smiled on us and blessed our land.
Help us now to live up to our potential
in governing our own people,
working for world peace,
and in rising once again
to stand as a beacon
of inspiration for all nations.

All this I pray in Your name,

Amen