Each week, the pastor of the Washington, D.C. Church which President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended received several telephone calls from persons who asked if the President was expected to attend services the next day. The implication was that the caller’s decision to go to Church would be based on whether or not the President was expected. In time, the pastor began to give the following stock answer: “I cannot promise you the President, but we do expect the King of the Universe to be there and we think that should be incentive enough for your attendance.”
Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe. This simple prayer of thanksgiving to God is on the lips of pious Jews many times a day. It acknowledges the sovereignty of God the fact that God is “King of the Universe.” This prayer is a symbol of the great contribution the Jewish people have made to human history. Centuries before Jesus, the great prophets of…
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