http://indianexpress.com: America will continue to stand up for those around the world who are subject to fear or violence because of their religion or beliefs, the US President Barack Obama has said proclaiming May 5 as the National Day of Prayer this year.
“The threats of poverty, violence and war around the world are all too real. Our faith and our earnest prayers can be cures for the fear we feel as we confront these realities,” Obama said in the Presidential Proclamation yesterday.
He said prayer offers people with resistance to despair, paralysis or cynicism and also a powerful alternative to pessimism. “Through prayer we gain the insight to learn from their mistakes, the motivation to always be better and the courage to stand up for what is right, even when it is not popular,” he said.
The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 and signed into law by the US President Harry S Truman. The title is bestowed upon the first Thursday in May.
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