In case you missed the invocations and benedictions at the Democratic Convention this week -- which would have been easy to do given that the cables talked over or went to commercial during every single one (one more reason to stick to CSPAN) -- we've rounded them up for you below.

We'll do the same with the prayers next week at the GOP Convention. Will be interesting to observe how they differ -- both in who delivers them and what they say.

The choices that a political party makes in picking those who will offer the prayers at their convention reflect who it wants to reach out to the faith community. The Dems clearly went for racial and religious diversity -- these folks are white and black evangelical, white and Latino Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Asian American Methodist and reform Jewish leaders. (Their opening Interfaith Service also included Muslim representation.)

Pastor Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor of the 12,000-member Northland Church in Florida, who has been a real hero for the environment and was a questioner at the Compassion Forum, delivered last night's benediction:

Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, described by the Washington Post as the “quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hil," delivered last night's invocation:

Donald Miller, popular speaker, writer, and best-selling author of his spiritual memoir Blue Like Jazz, delivered Monday night's benediction:

Sister Catherine Pinkerton, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph of Cleveland, lobbyist on Capitol Hill for national Catholic social justice organization NETWORK for more than twenty years, and FPL Board member, delivered Wednesday night's benediction:

We'll add video of the prayers from (click each name for the transcript of their prayers) Rev. Cynthia Hale, Revs. Jin Ho Kang and Yoougsook Kang, The Honorable Polly Baca, and Archbishop Demetrios as soon as we get it.