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As editor of 60 Days of Prayer<\/em> Magazine<\/a>, I am always on the look-out for uplifting prayers to feature each month. While in the Guideposts <\/em>archive, I came across this beautiful prayer with historical significance. Over fifty years ago, as astronaut Frank Borman soared around the moon in Apollo 8, he spoke these words which were transmitted to earth and heard by millions around the globe on Christmas Eve<\/a>, 1968. Its sentiment still holds true today. May we pray for peace and unity<\/a> on earth.<\/p>\n

Give us, o God, the vision
\nwhich can see Thy love
\nin the world
\nin spite of human failure.<\/p>\n

Give us the faith
\nto trust Thy goodness
\nin spite of our ignorance
\nand weakness.<\/p>\n

Give us the knowledge
\nthat we may continue to pray
\nwith understanding hearts<\/p>\n

And show us what each one of us
\ncan do to set forward
\nthe coming of the day
\nof universal peace.\n <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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