o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. for purple mountains mag tee, above the fruited plains. america, america, god shed his grace on thee. and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. o beautiful for heroes in
christ was born across the sea. with the glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me. as he died to make men holy. let us die to make men free. while god is marching on. glory, glory, hallleja. glory, glory halluja h. glory, glory, hallejah. his truth is marching on.
from pain, rejection and starvation and war. and so that we may reach out our hands to comfort them and turn their pain into joy. and may god bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world so we can do together what others claim cannot be done. and so in this season of thanksgiving we humbly ask these blessings in the name of the one god who created us all for the sake of a beloved community and in thanksgiving to god for the inspiring and courageous life and legacy of president john fitzgerald kennedy. amen and amen.
and the home of the brave. (applause) please be seated. today s invocation is presented by the most reverend bishop kevin jay fa rrel of the catholic dioscese of dallas. almighty and everfaithful god, today we lift up our minds and hearts to you because you, lord, have lifted us up from the horrible tragedy enacted in this place, from the cruel suffering that was born on this hill, from the shock and horror that gripped our nation sxrshgs from the years when we as citizens of
we have been or on what we have done, but on where we are going and what is possible by your grace, for us to become a beloved community which celebrates and a if i weres o our affirms our unitty and in the challenging words of a benediction, may god bless us with discomfort and easy answers and half truths and super official relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts, may god bless us with anger and injustice oppression and exportation of people so that we may work for justice, freedom and peace for all. and may god bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer