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Listen: President Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer

Oct 11, 2013JerryHistory, ReligionHistory, Prayer

On June 6, 1944, as Allied forces battled Nazis soldiers in Europe as part of the D-Day invasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt went on the radio to ask the American people to join him in prayer.

Listen to President Roosevelt’s prayer here:

[audio:http://familycouncil.org/downloads/FDR-D-Day-Prayer.mp3]

Read a transcript of the prayer below:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

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31 Years Ago Today: Congress Declares 1983 “Year of the Bible”

On October 4, 1982, the 97th Congress of the United States passed Senate Joint Resolution 165 (co-sponsored by, among others, Arkansas Senator David Pryor) authorizing then-President Ronald Reagan to declare 1983 “The Year of the Bible.”

The resolution begins by saying, “Whereas the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation and people,” and goes on to declare “that renewing our knowledge of and faith in God through Holy Scripture can strengthen us as a nation and a people.”