Call upon the Rt Hon Mr Boris Johnson for National Day of Prayer

Our country is in crisis due to the coronavirus; our government is doing the best it can, but surely we need to call upon God for help.

During World War II King George VI called for the nation to pray on Sunday 26 May 1940 with miraculous results.  https://ctntp.uk/other-insights/the-miracle-of-dunkirk

I realise we live in a diverse society with many different religions; many however still regard Great Britain as a Christian nation and this would therefore be an appropriate response. It would not be compulsory for all obviously, but a call from the top for collective prayer could produce miraculous results as it did in 1940.  Seven times throughout WWII there were calls to national days of prayer and the final result was astounding.

So I call upon our Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson to call for a national day of prayer.

May God help us and heal our land.

Mrs Susan Hawkes

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Bishop Michael Nazir Ali wrote in his article ‘CoVid and the spiritual’: The situation is repeatedly being compared to the Second World War and, no doubt, there are points of comparison in restrictions on freedoms, queueing for food and facing a common enemy. At crucial points in the war, when Britain was facing defeat at Dunkirk or when a risky initiative like D- Day had to be undertaken, King GeorgeVI, with the full support of Winston Churchill, called for a National Day of Prayer.Churchill is a hero for our present Prime Minister. Will he emulate him in encouraging HM the Queen to call the nation to prayer that the crisis may abate quickly, that suffering will be minimised and that normal life may be restored for us all? It would be wonderful if he could.I am sure the churches and all people of goodwill would support such a call.