[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 17 (Thursday, February 4, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Andrew Walton, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  In thanks and gratitude we breathe the life-giving spirit of a new 
day, a day filled with creative potential and possibility.
  As on the first day, may this day be ``in the beginning.'' May we see 
the goodness and abundance of creation. May we embrace the name given 
to us, Human--from the Earth. May we look into the eternal waters and 
see in our own reflections the image of the name that cannot be named, 
the eternal living presence we call by many names. May we see both the 
human and the divine in ourselves and every other person. May we see 
the eternal presence of life in all creation.
  May the light of the first day be our guiding vision for every day, 
particularly within the deliberations and decisions among the minds, 
spirits, and imagination of these Chambers, leading us to see and 
respect the sacred dignity and worth of everyone and everything, 
everywhere.
  Amen.

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