{"id":8385,"date":"2025-07-03T07:58:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?p=8385"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:26:28","slug":"prayer-for-independence-day-july-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/news\/prayer-for-independence-day-july-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Independence Day (July 4th)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>God, source of all freedom,<br>\nthis day is bright with the memory<br>\nof those who declared that life and liberty<br>\nare your gift to every human being.<br>\nHelp us to continue a good work begun long ago.<br>\nMake our vision clear and our will strong:<br>\nthat only in human solidarity will we find liberty,<br>\nand justice only in the honor that belongs<br>\nto every life on earth.<br>\nTurn our hearts toward the family of nations:<br>\nto understand the ways of others,<br>\nto offer friendship,<br>\nand to find safety only in the common good of all.<br>\nWe ask this through Christ our Lord.<br>\n<strong>R\/. <\/strong>Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer taken from the <em>Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers, Revised Edition<\/em>, copyright \u00a9 2007, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are additional prayers for the nation from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalshrine.org\/blog\/prayers-for-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In his blog post for this week, Bishop da Cunha shares &#8220;An Immigrant&#8217;s Perspective on Independence Day.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/news\/prayer-for-independence-day-july-4th\/?preview_id=8385&amp;preview_nonce=6aeb1ea90e&amp;preview=true&amp;_thumbnail_id=31573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read it here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God, source of all freedom, this day is bright with the memory of those who declared that life and liberty are your gift to every human being. 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