(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden addressed the National Prayer Breakfast today, which was held in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and attended by many members of Congress from both parties, and said the he prayed that “we follow what Jesus taught us.”
“I’ve attended many of these prayer breakfasts over the years—with our nation at war, in struggle, in strife, peace, in times of prosperity, when everybody was getting on, but a nation in prayer,” said Biden.
“Jill and I have been humbled by the prayers of so many of you, and it means everything to us,” he said. “We pray for our nation as we face an inflection point in our history.”
“You know, at a moment of great division of our democracy is at great—grave risk,” Biden said a moment later in his speech.
“I pray that we follow what Jesus taught us: to serve rather than be served,” said Biden. “I don’t always do it. I hope try. I don’t always do it.
“I pray to keep the faith,” he said.
Here is the transcript from the part of President Biden’s speech where he said, “I pray that we follow what Jesus taught us”:
“I’ve attended many of these prayer breakfasts over the years — with our nation at war, in struggle, in strife, peace, in times of prosperity, when everybody was getting on, but a nation in prayer.
“Jill and I have been humbled by the prayers of so many of you, and it means everything to us. We pray for our nation as we face an inflection point in our history.
“So much is going to change no matter who’s sitting in my job. The world is changing. The world is changing.
“I—there’s a—the moment—but there’s also a moment of great progress, of lives saved in this pandemic, not just the ones lost—new jobs created for people, new hope for rebuilding the nation, but also a moment of pain for the lost lives and the — and the lives lost in this pandemic. And the cruel twist of fates that occur.
“You know, at a moment of great division of our democracy is at great—grave risk. I pray that we follow what Jesus taught us: to serve rather than be served. I don’t always do it. I hope try. I don’t always do it.
“I pray to keep the faith. That very promise of America, believing that there’s nothing we can’t do, where every person is created equal in the image of God—no matter who or where we come from, who we are, or what our color, or how we choose to pray, or whether or not we choose to pray—they deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives.”