“King Jesus, we come humbly before you, seeking your face, seeking your grace, in humble obedience to your law and to your word,” Secretary Pete Hegseth prayed after asking standing-room only attendees to bow their heads. “We come as sinners saved only by that grace, seeking your providence in our lives and in our nation. Lord God, we ask for the wisdom to see what is right and in each and every day, in each and every circumstance, the courage to do what is right in obedience to your will. It is in the name of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ, that we pray. And all God’s people say amen.”

The assembled worshipers, including at least one general, repeated “Amen.”