Gov. Josh Shapiro Reveals The Prayer He Recited For His Family After The Fire At Their Home

At a press briefing on Thursday, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) spoke about the prayer he said to his family after the fire at their home.

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00:00With that, if you've got some questions, I'm happy to try and answer them.

00:03Yeah, look, we're, my kids are resilient, and Lori's a rock, and we're getting through it.

00:17And, you know, we're lifted up, as Lori has said, by the prayers and the warm wishes,

00:24including the prayer that was just given to us by a chaplain here at the local fire company,

00:30a prayer that we recite to our children every day.

00:35Those prayers have lifted our spirits.

00:38I know you're going to think this sounds strange, but you can feel the warm wishes and the prayers

00:49that people are sending our way around you.

00:52Just feel it.

00:53I don't know how else to describe it.

00:55Obviously, I'm a person of faith.

00:57I believe in God.

00:59But the prayers we've received from our Muslim brothers and sisters, our Christian brothers

01:04and sisters, our Jewish brothers and sisters, from everyone, those prayers are lifting us

01:08up.

01:09And it feels like it's wrapped around us and protecting us during this time.

01:13Governor, you mentioned that prayer.

01:15Can you say one line out of that prayer for us?

01:19Can you share that with us?

01:20Because you mentioned it a couple times.

01:22There's one line that stands out for the Lord.

01:24You know, it's a prayer we recite in Hebrew for our kids.

01:30It's from the Book of Numbers.

01:32The Lord bless thee and keep thee.

01:34The Lord make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee.

01:37The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace.

01:41That's a prayer and a hope that we have for our kids every day, that they have peace in

01:47their lives.

01:48Obviously, that peace was shattered on Sunday morning.

01:51But it is a hope and a prayer that we have not just for our kids but every child across Pennsylvania,

01:59that they live in a society that's free and peaceful, where they are protected and they

02:04are watched over by God.

02:05minist fast.

02:10Thank God.