Patricia Erwin Nordman
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001

Holy Spirit, we come before you this day in humility and gratitude to beg Your choicest blessings upon our President, George W. Bush.

Grant him in abundance Your gifts of:

WISDOM: that he may always be guided to place the spiritual good of the nation as the highest good.

UNDERSTANDING: that he may recognize the simplicity of truth.

COUNSEL: that he may recognize the will of God under circumstances that discourage lesser men.

FORTITUDE: that he may be given the spiritual and physical strength to accept the inevitable burdens of leadership with courageous endurance.

KNOWLEDGE: that he may know the vastness of his mission and yet retain humility of spirit and charity for each and every soul.

PIETY: that in the manifold duties of his office he may always find time to communicate quietly with God and therein find peace of soul.

FEAR OF THE LORD: that he would forego worldly honors and recognition rather than bow to the will of evil men.

May you bless and direct George W. Bush for as long as it is Your will for him to guide the destiny of this nation and the world.

Amen.