Presidential Document2024-09919
National Day of Prayer, 2024
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May 6, 2024
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May 1, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 37059-37060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09919]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 88 / Monday, May 6, 2024 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10744 of May 1, 2024
National Day of Prayer, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this National Day of Prayer, we recognize the power
of prayer to strengthen our spirits, draw us together,
and create hope for a better tomorrow.
The right to practice our faiths freely and openly is
enshrined in the Constitution and remains at the core
of our American spirit. For centuries, Americans of
every religion and background have come together to
lift up one another and our Nation in prayer.
Throughout America's history, faith and prayer have
helped fuel some of the greatest moral missions of our
time--from the abolition of slavery to the fight for
voting rights and the Civil Rights Movement. Many of
our Nation's greatest leaders have been motivated by
faith to push all of us toward a more perfect Union and
to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice.
Prayer is also deeply personal: For the First Lady and
me, and so many across this Nation, prayer has helped
us find solace during tough times and stay grounded in
good ones. Prayer has helped the bravest among us--
including our Nation's service members and their
caregivers, survivors, and families--summon the courage
to make great sacrifices for our democracy. It has
guided the hands of medical professionals, who heal our
loved ones, and steeled the nerves of our first
responders, who put everything on the line to keep the
rest of us safe. We will never know the full impact of
prayer on our Nation or the world, but we remain
confident that it makes a profound difference each and
every day.
Scripture tells us to rejoice in hope, be patient in
tribulation, and be constant in prayer. This year, my
prayer for our Nation is that we keep faith that our
best days are ahead of us and continue to believe in
honesty, decency, dignity, and respect. May we see each
other not as enemies but as fellow human beings, each
made in the image of God and each precious in His
sight. May we leave no one behind, give everyone a fair
shot, and give hate no safe harbor. May we remember
that nothing is beyond our capacity if we act together.
The Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, has
called on the President to issue each year a
proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a
``National Day of Prayer.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2, 2024,
as a National Day of Prayer. I call upon the citizens
of our Nation to give thanks, in accordance with their
own faith and conscience, for our many freedoms and
blessings, and I invite all people of faith to join me
in asking for God's continued guidance, mercy, and
protection.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
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