Unprecedented Prayer on Display at Trump Inauguration
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Prayer played a major role in the inauguration of Donald Trump.
The ceremony featured six religious leaders, more than any other inauguration in history.
The list included Paula White, one of his spiritual advisors, Rev. Franklin Graham, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Rabbi Marvin Hier, and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson.
The prayers included several references to the name of Jesus.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan beseeched God for wisdom for the new president as he read from the scriptures.
Rodriguez read from the Sermon on the Mount, in chapter five of the Gospel of Matthew.
“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs,” he read.
“And God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. For you are the light of the world — like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on its stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.”
He ended his prayer in the name of Jesus.
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