CBCP issues prayer for barangay elections

A petition that voters in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections will choose candidates "who will work for truth, justice, and the upliftment of human dignity" is part of the prayer issued by Catholic bishops.

CBCP issues prayer for the May 14 barangay and SK elections. It is suggested that it be said after the post communion prayer of the Mass in all the masses from May 6 (Sunday) until May 13 (Sunday). #cbcpnews pic.twitter.com/RIKSRutecD

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The prayer, posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website, was released on the eve of the start of the campaign period.

It sought Divine Providence for the "gift of discernment, so that we may wisely exercise the gift of suffrage."

In a report posted on the CBCP website, parishes are to start reciting the prayer on Sunday, May 6 until the eve of the elections, which is set on May 14.

The prayer is available in English, Tagalog and Cebuano translations.

"It is suggested that it be said after the Post Communion Prayer of the Mass in all the masses," Fr. Marvin Mejia, CBCP Secretary General, was quoted as saying. — BAP, GMA News