[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25101-25102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11014]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 88 / Friday, May 7, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 8514 of April 30, 2010

                
National Day of Prayer, 2010

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our history, whether in times of great joy 
                and thanksgiving, or in times of great challenge and 
                uncertainty, Americans have turned to prayer. In 
                prayer, we have expressed gratitude and humility, 
                sought guidance and forgiveness, and received 
                inspiration and assistance, both in good times and in 
                bad.

                On this day, let us give thanks for the many blessings 
                God has bestowed upon our Nation. Let us rejoice for 
                the blessing of freedom both to believe and to live our 
                beliefs, and for the many other freedoms and 
                opportunities that bring us together as one Nation. Let 
                us ask for wisdom, compassion, and discernment of 
                justice as we address the great challenges of our time.

                We are blessed to live in a Nation that counts freedom 
                of conscience and free exercise of religion among its 
                most fundamental principles, thereby ensuring that all 
                people of goodwill may hold and practice their beliefs 
                according to the dictates of their consciences. Prayer 
                has been a sustaining way for many Americans of diverse 
                faiths to express their most cherished beliefs, and 
                thus we have long deemed it fitting and proper to 
                publicly recognize the importance of prayer on this day 
                across the Nation.

                Let us remember in our thoughts and prayers those 
                suffering from natural disasters in Haiti, Chile, and 
                elsewhere, and the people from those countries and from 
                around the world who have worked tirelessly and 
                selflessly to render aid. Let us pray for the families 
                of the West Virginia miners, and the people of Poland 
                who so recently and unexpectedly lost many of their 
                beloved leaders. Let us pray for the safety and success 
                of those who have left home to serve in our Armed 
                Forces, putting their lives at risk in order to make 
                the world a safer place. As we remember them, let us 
                not forget their families and the substantial 
                sacrifices that they make every day. Let us remember 
                the unsung heroes who struggle to build their 
                communities, raise their families, and help their 
                neighbors, for they are the wellspring of our 
                greatness. Finally, let us remember in our thoughts and 
                prayers those people everywhere who join us in the 
                aspiration for a world that is just, peaceful, free, 
                and respectful of the dignity of every human being.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States of America, do hereby proclaim May 6, 2010, as a 
                National Day of Prayer. I call upon the citizens of our 
                Nation to pray, or otherwise give thanks, in accordance 
                with their own faiths and consciences, for our many 
                freedoms and blessings, and I invite all people of 
                faith to join me in asking for God's continued 
                guidance, grace, and protection as we meet the 
                challenges before us.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
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