Thursday will mark the the National Day of Prayer, a formal day enacted in 1952 by the Congress and President Harry S. Truman for prayer and meditation.
Prayer is a daily ritual for many Americans. More than half of Americans said they pray every day, according to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, while 23 percent said they pray weekly or monthly and 21 percent said they seldom or never pray. Women are more likely than men to pray every day (65 percent compared to 46 percent), and older people are more likely than younger adults to say they pray daily (60 percent compared to 45 percent).
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