Obama Invokes Christian Scripture and God During Interfaith Service
President Barack Obama joined religious leaders on Thursday for an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts. During his address, he delivered an inspirational message that invoked Christian scripture, while also pledging to find and punish the parties responsible for Monday’s attack.
“Scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us,” Obama said, referencing Hebrews 12:1. “On Monday morning, the sun rose over Boston, the sunlight glistened off the statehouse dome and the common and the public garden. Spring was in bloom.”
The president also issued a message for the terrorists behind the attack, saying that they will be found — and that their acts will be met with punishment. Obama quoted scripture, again, noting that it teaches that “God has not given us a spirit of fear of timidity, but of power, love and self discipline” (referencing...
