for his health, his recovery, and for his continued leadership.
Pray for the skill, compassion and wisdom of those who care for him, and for the people of Massachusetts.
Pray as well for the elderly of this nation, for John McCain,
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton,
and for all elected officials, for their health and safety,
that illness not limit them
nor violence take them before their time.
Grant to all of them honor, integrity, basic human decency,
a sense of justice, mercy and an eye to governance
on behalf of the least of these.
Give to us the strength of citizenship,
the virtues of democracy,
and the courage to call our leaders to account
even as we refuse to be divided from them
in the common humanity we share.