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Gracious and merciful God, at this sacred
time we come before you in need,

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indeed on our knees.

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But we come still more with hope and with
our eyes raised anew to the vision of a

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more perfect union in our land,
a union of all our citizens to promote the

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general welfare and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.

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We are a people of many races,
creeds and colors, national backgrounds,

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cultures and styles, now far more numerous
and on land much vaster than when

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Archbishop John Carroll wrote his prayer
for the inauguration of George Washington

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232 years ago.

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Archbishop Carroll prayed that you,
O creator of all, would assist with your

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holy spirit of counsel and fortitude the
President of these United States,

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that his administration may be conducted
in righteousness and be eminently useful

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to your people.

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Today we confess our past failures to live
according to our vision of equality,

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inclusion and freedom for all.

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Yet we resolutely commit still more now to
renewing the vision, to caring for one

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another in word and deed, especially the
least fortunate among us, and so becoming

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a light for the world.

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There is a power in each and every one of
us that lives by turning to every other

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one of us a thrust of the spirit to
cherish and care and stand by others and

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above all those most in need.

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It is called love and its path is to give
ever more of itself.

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Today it is called American patriotism,
born not of power and privilege but of

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care for the common good, with malice
toward none and with charity for all.

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For our new President, we beg of you the
wisdom Solomon sought when he knelt before

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you and prayed for an understanding heart
so that I can govern your people and know

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the difference between right and wrong.

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We trust in the counsel of the letter of
James.

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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask
God who gives generously to all without

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finding fault and it will be given to you.

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Pope Francis has reminded us how important
it is to dream together.

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By ourselves, he wrote, we risk seeing
mirages, things that are not there.

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Dreams, on the other hand, are built
together.

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Be with us, holy mystery of love,
as we dream together.

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Help us under our new President to
reconcile the people of our land,

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restore our dream, and invest it with
peace and justice and the joy that is the

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overflow of love.

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To the glory of your name forever.

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Amen.