Easter Sunday: Washington’s Resurrection Prayer

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Χριστός ανεστη! Христос воскрес! Christus surrexit! Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen this Easter Sunday, conquering sin and death and opening the gates of heaven for us through His death on the cross. And just like George Washington, we can look forward to our own resurrection one day, if we stay faithful to Christ and His Church.

The following prayer was found in the journal of George Washington, the commander of the Revolutionary Army, the first U.S. president, and the “Father of his country”:

“Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thee and thy son, Jesus Christ.”

It is a beautiful prayer, one which all of us could join in saying, expressing our faith and asking for mercy just as Washington did hundreds of years ago.