Prayer for France on the occasion of the National Day of July 14

God who watches over our world, look at the country where you gave us to live: grant all its inhabitants to seek the common good, let there be more justice among us. May those who wield power in our country, do it wisely, you, Father, who carry in the hollow of your hands the hearts of men, and guaranteed the rights of peoples; And that on the land of France, placed under the protection of the Virgin Mary in the mystery of her Assumption, strengthen with your grace security and peace, prosperity and religious freedom, And all over the world more happiness and peace. Through Jesus, the Christ, our Lord. Amen.