Prayer for the Inauguration

The common good calls us together on this day.

As winter’s dark hours reveal a new horizon of hope,

We gather to renew a shared purpose

And embark on a new beginning.

We are challenged to move beyond the differences and divisions

Of the past year, the past decades, even the past centuries.

It is time for a new beginning, a time to move into a new future.

Help us all, Lord, to glimpse the grace that marks this day.

Help us to touch the hope that springs from a deep source.

We ask your blessings on our new president

and the new administration.

May they work with integrity, discernment and a united purpose.

You call us today to renew our vision of a hopeful future.

We ask your blessings on us all, that we may summon the will

To live as a nation united, with consideration for every citizen,

Concern for the global community and care for God’s Creation.

Guide us as we move forward grounded in care for the common good

Like a river moving from its source to green a parched and brittle land.

We ask this of You, Source of All Being,

Eternal Word and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Jane Deren