lifenews.com
2026-05-22
So declared our US Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, in the late afternoon hours of Sunday, May 17th, as he led the prayer of rededication of America to God. This was the 250th anniversary of a day of prayer, fasting, and humility declared by the Second Continental Congress in 1776, just weeks before the Declaration of Independence.
The gates opened at 9am on the National Mall for an event never conducted before: the American people, at the invitation of their President, gathered to rededicate the nation to God. From morning to evening, pastors, government officials, military bands, university choirs, and ordinary American citizens came to the stage to sing, to offer prayer, and to remind the crowd that this is indeed a nation under God, founded by patriots who understand that we could never successfully govern ourselves unless our hearts were rooted in God and in His Word.