Join us this month as Christ’s Church Militant here in earth to raise our voices in PRAYER and SUPPLICATION to our heavenly Father as his wrath is revealed in PLAGUE or common sickness as COVID-19 cases rise exponentially after the holiday season:
O ALMIGHTY God, who in your wrath sent a plague upon your own people in the wilderness, for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and Aaron; and in the time of king David, sent a plague of pestilence that killed seventy thousand, but remembering your mercy spared the rest: Have pity upon us miserable sinners who now are visited with great sickness and mortality; and in the same way that you then accepted an atonement and commanded the destroying Angel to cease from punishing, so may it now please you to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
And in light of the civil unrest in the United States Capital as the inauguration draws near, we return this month to pray for our nation:
O ALMIGHTY God, who are a strong tower of defense to those who put their trust in you, whose power no creature is able to resist, we make our humble cry to you in this hour of our country’s need. Your property is always to have mercy. Deal not with us according to our sins, neither reward us according to our iniquities; but stretch out the right hand of your Majesty, and be our defense for your name's sake. Have pity upon our brothers and sisters who are in rebellion against the constituted authorities of the land, and show them the error of their way. Shed upon the counsels of our Rulers the spirit of wisdom and moderation and firmness, and unite the hearts of our people as the heart of one man in upholding the supremacy of Law, and the cause of justice and peace. Abate the violence of passion; banish pride and prejudice from every heart, and incline us all to trust in your righteous Providence, and to be ready for every duty. And oh, that in your great mercy, so order all things that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. These things, and whatever else you shall see to be necessary and convenient for us, we humbly beg through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Adapted from The Soldier’s Prayer Book, 1861
