Prayer for Just and Honest Elections

Prayer for Just and Morally Pure Elections

Merciful God!
I stand before You in humility and hope, laying at the threshold of Your temple all the vanities of my life and washing my soul with this prayer from every impurity, that I may stand before You clean and worthy of Your love.

Your mercies and love are needed by me at all times, but even more in those decisive moments of my life when I must rightly make use of Your special gift – the gift of responsibility for the civic choice I have made.

In the time that “gestates injustice and brings forth falsehood” (Psalm 6, 15), grant me a point of support, that my soul may not waver between good and evil – that in little faith it may not drown in the sea of falsehood. You, who so unfailingly overcame temptations, send me the ability to stand before their alluring force and teach me to discern Your quiet voice amid the loud groaning of deception.

You, who offered Your life for us, imperfect and sinful, send me the courage to sacrifice my small good, that Your—God's—peace and societal order, truth and tranquility, common and just good and welfare for all may be established in our nation. You, whose soul also “was terrified and troubled” (Rev. 14, 33), come to my aid when, with anxiety in my heart, I refuse to bow to evil will and will not allow my voice and the voice of my neighbor to be manipulated for the benefit of selfish interests.

In the time when You, Savior, walk among the naked and homeless, endure the suffering of the sick and unjustly imprisoned, and minister to the thirsty and hungry (cf. Matt. 25:35-36), grant me spiritual and inner strength, courage and perseverance to fulfill my duty before You and to think not only of myself but also of those with whom You today bear undeserved injustice. You, who sowed the Kingdom of Heaven from a tiny mustard seed (cf. Matt. 13:31), send me the certainty that from my small decision, multiplied by the right decision of my neighbors, a gracious society will grow, founded on the fear of God and Your commandments and truth, justice and morality.

You, who Yourself experienced the wondrous Transfiguration, bless me for such a step that will help You bring about the wondrous Transfiguration of my entire earth. Amen.

Source: kyrios.org.ua