[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Karen Hallett, United States Army, New Windsor, New York, 
offered the following prayer:
  Reading from the book of Exodus, Moses said to the Lord, ``You have 
been telling me, `Lead these people,' but You have not let me know whom 
You will send with me . . . If You are pleased with me, teach me Your 
ways so I may know You and continue to find favor with You. Remember 
that this nation is Your people.''
  The Lord replied, ``My presence will go with you, and I will give you 
rest.''
  Then Moses said to him, ``If Your presence does not go with us, do 
not send us up from here. How will anyone know that You are pleased 
with me and with Your people unless You go with us? What else will 
distinguish me and Your people from all the other people on the face of 
the Earth?''
  And the Lord said to Moses, ``I will do the very thing you ask 
because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.''
  Then Moses said, ``Now show me Your glory.''
  And this, O Lord, is our prayer:
  We do not come seeking Your blessing. Today, Lord, we come seeking 
You. We invite You to truly be present with us here today. Show us Your 
glory, Lord, that we might be changed and set apart upon the Earth once 
again as a people of faith, a Nation that knows You. Make Your face to 
shine upon us that we might reflect Your grace. And grant us Your peace 
we pray.
  Amen.

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