CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF VENICE IN FLORIDA Prayer Calendar for Public Officials

Catholics and all people of good will are invited to pray for their public officials on a daily basis. Below is a suggested schedule to follow. Pray that decisions made by our legislators will protect the most vulnerable human beings, particularly those at the beginning and end of life. Every Month

1 President 17 FL Rep. (55)* FL Rep. (56)* 2 Vice President 18 FL Rep. Michele Rayner (70)* FL Rep. Will Robinson (71)* 3 Governor Ron DeSantis 19 FL Rep. Fiona McFarland (72)* 4 Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez 20 FL Rep. (73)* 5 US Senator Marco Rubio 21 FL Rep. James Buchanan (74)* 6 US Senator Rick Scott 22 FL Rep. Michael Grant (75)* 7 US Rep. Vern Buchanan (16)* 23 FL Rep. Adam Botana (76)* 8 US Rep. Greg Steube (17)* 24 FL Rep. Mike Giallombardo (77)* 9 US Rep. Byron Donalds (19)* 25 FL Rep. Jenna Persons (78)* 10 US Rep. Alcee Hastings (20)* 26 FL Rep. (79)* 11 US Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (25)* 27 FL Rep. (80)* 12 FL Senator Jim Boyd (21)* 28 FL Rep. David Borrero (105)* FL Rep. (106)* 13 FL Senator Joe Gruters (23)* 29 All US & FL Supreme Court justices; all judges, district attorneys, prosecutors & public defenders 14 FL Senator Ben Albritton (26)* 30 All national, state & local government officials & their staff members 15 FL Senator Ray Rodrigues (27)* 31 All those who serve in public office 16 FL Senator Kathleen Passidomo (28)* *District Number Rev. 122120

God Bless America ★ PRAY WITHOUT CEASING ★ In God We Trust www.dioceseofvenice.org/respectlife A Pro-Life Prayer for Our President and Public Officials

Lord God, Author of Life and Source of Eternal Life, Move the hearts of all our public officials and especially our President to fulfill their responsibilities worthily and well to all those entrusted to their care.

Help them in their special leadership roles, to extend the mantle of protection to the most vulnerable, especially the defenseless unborn whose lives are threatened with extermination by an indifferent society.

Guide all public officials by your wisdom and grace to cease supporting any law that fails to protect the fundamental good that is human life itself, which is a gift from God and parents.

You are the Protector and Defender of the lives of the innocent unborn.

Change the hearts of those who compromise the call to protect and defend life.

Bring our nation to the values that have made us a great nation, a society that upholds the value of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

Mary, the Mother of the living, help us to bear witness to the Gospel of Life with our lives and our laws, through Christ, Our Lord.

Amen.

Imprimatur: November 14, 2008

+Most Reverend Robert J. Baker Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama