OTTAWA -
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provided a prayer of peace and spoke of shifting collectively on the tough path of reconciliation at Tuesday's Nationwide Prayer Breakfast.
Trudeau delivered remarks to MPs and friends gathered collectively in downtown Ottawa for the annual occasion, which is non-partisan however attended by many Conservative MPs.
It was the primary time it has been held in particular person because the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Trudeau, who was seated subsequent to Opposition Conservative Chief Candice Bergen for the occasion, says he is aware of public well being measures launched to stem the unfold of the virus have been exhausting on religion communities, which have discovered new methods to worship.
"However I do know that the choir by no means sounds fairly pretty much as good on Zoom," he mentioned, whereas some within the room laughed.
"It is good to be again collectively, all collectively."
The prime minister advised the group that prayer gives an opportunity for reflection, together with the Catholic prayers he grew up with.
Trudeau then provided up a brief prayer wherein he requested for collective steering with shifting ahead "on the generally tough however needed paths of reconciliation."
"Our nation has been a welcoming haven since its origins. This huge land, with its abundance of magnificence and pure riches, has been the house to peoples for millennia," he mentioned.
"We pray, Lord, for peace, and ask you to open our minds and our hearts as a result of, as Christ mentioned, 'I've come in order that they might have life and have it to the total."'
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 31, 2022.
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