So I shall ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, that’s true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love--a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.

annotate paragrah in short sentence

- The speaker is urging the audience to go home and say a prayer for Martin Luther King's family.

- The speaker emphasizes the importance of also saying a prayer for their own country.
- The speaker emphasizes the need for understanding and compassion in the country.
- The speaker implies that love for the country is shared by everyone.
- The speaker connects the prayer for the country to the earlier mention of compassion.