{"id":467584,"date":"2025-05-09T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/president-abinader-calls-for-national-unity-and-highlights-the-power-of-prayer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:34:31","slug":"president-abinader-calls-for-national-unity-and-highlights-the-power-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/president-abinader-calls-for-national-unity-and-highlights-the-power-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"President Abinader calls for national unity and highlights the power of prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>President <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/historia\/biografias\/biografia-de-luis-abinader\/#google_vignette\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/historia\/biografias\/biografia-de-luis-abinader\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luis Abinader<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>participated this Friday in the\u00a0<strong>XI National Prayer Breakfast<\/strong>, an event organized by the\u00a0<strong>Dominican Army of Prayer,<\/strong>\u00a0where he shared an emotional message about the importance of\u00a0<strong>faith, prayer, and unity<\/strong>\u00a0of the Dominican people.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the event, held at the El Embajador hotel, the president called for <strong>national unity<\/strong>, urging both the Government and the opposition to remain <strong>united in faith<\/strong>. \u201cWe are one country, one people and a people who believe in God. I ask you to continue praying for the good of the nation, of each family and of all Dominicans.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We are a believing family<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruler highlighted how prayer has been a constant source of strength for him, his family, and his administration. \u201cI communicate with God daily, and in my house the five of us also do: Raquel, our three daughters \u2014now adults\u2014 and I. We are a believing family,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Head of State called on the <strong>Dominican Prayer Army<\/strong> to remain <strong>active 24\/7,<\/strong> praying for the well-being of the country. In that sense, he highlighted the transformative power of faith in difficult times, such as during the <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> pandemic. <em>\u201cI remember when they told us that the economic recovery would take years. I told them: \u2018We are going to recover quickly, because we are praying.\u2019 And so it was,\u201d<\/em> he recounted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, President Abinader mentioned how prayer has influenced even in&nbsp;<strong>critical climatic situations.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\u201cWhen we saw that a hurricane had a 90% probability of passing through the center of the island, I just said: \u2018Let&#8217;s pray\u2019. And it worked.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During breakfast, messages of&nbsp;<strong>faith, hope, and reconciliation<\/strong>, hymns of praise, and prayers for the nation, its authorities, and the well-being of the Dominican people were offered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/abinader-celebra-eleccion-papa\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/abinader-celebra-eleccion-papa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abinader celebrates election of Leo XIV as new Pope: \u201cA leadership of hope and concord\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reverend&nbsp;<strong>Reynaldo Franco Aquino<\/strong>&nbsp;offered a special prayer to President Luis Abinader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Present were, the link of the evangelical churches before the Executive Power and coordinator of the Family Cabinet, <strong>Milc\u00edades Franjul<\/strong>; the senators of the National District, <strong>Omar Fern\u00e1ndez;<\/strong> of San Crist\u00f3bal, <strong>Gustavo Lara Salazar<\/strong>; the mayors of Santo Domingo Este, <strong>Dio Astacio, <\/strong>and Santo Domingo Oeste, <strong>Francisco Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>; the president of <a href=\"https:\/\/labatalladelafe.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/labatalladelafe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Batalla de La Fe<\/a>, <strong>Ezequiel Molina<\/strong>; the president of the Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity (CODUE), pastor <strong>Feliciano Lancen;<\/strong> the executive director of the Dominican Churches Social Service (SSID), <strong>Lorenzo Mota King<\/strong>; the president of the Dominican Prayer Army, <strong>Pedro Choi<\/strong>; the pastors, <strong>Julio Morales; Rafael Acevedo;<\/strong> <strong>Miguel \u00c1ngel Canc\u00fan<\/strong> and the pastors, <strong>Cruz Neris and Orpha Luna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013\u00a0President Luis Abinader\u00a0participated this Friday in the\u00a0XI National Prayer Breakfast, an event organized by the\u00a0Dominican Army of Prayer,\u00a0where he shared an emotional message\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":467585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_dum_aida_pretitle":"","_dum_aida_subtitle":"","_dum_aida_city":"","_dum_aida_author":"","_dum_aida_caption":"","_dum_aida_captionauthor":"","_dum_aida_quote":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntitle":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntext":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[40374,40373],"class_list":["post-467584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dominican-news","tag-president-luis-abinader","tag-sentence"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1XDG","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-2025-05-09T123126.119.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-2025-05-09T123126.119.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}