[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09919]


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 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2024-09919
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