[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rev. Samuel Tialavea, Congregational Christian Church of American 
Samoa, offered the following prayer:
  God of the faith of our fathers and Lord of our homage, we embrace 
You and one another in heart and soul, thought and mind, giving You 
praise and trusting Your faithfulness. Bless this day and our activity 
in Your service.
  O Lord, help us to remember that proclamation from ages past, ``Where 
there is no vision, people perish.''
  Enable us, therefore, to be visionary in our decisionmaking, 
particularly with those resolved in Your wisdom by the leadership of 
our Nation. Grant this Congress the ability to see, the faith to 
believe, and the courage to leap forward in their journey of 
determination for tranquility and peace, upholding those virtues by 
which all may benefit from in our ``home of the brave and land of the 
free.''
  God of the Most High, may Your will be done, Your vision be known, 
and Your righteousness prevail, both now and forever.
  Amen.

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