[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 110 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Andrew Walton, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Creating God, we come together today in a simple prayer. May we be 
who we are created to be, reflections of Your image. May we live as we 
know we should, as caretakers of creation. May we participate in the 
purpose of life, as companions to God and to one another. May we truly 
embrace the equality of humanity as ``self-evident'' and know that just 
beneath the surface of disagreement, conflict, discord, and even 
violence and death, there is a deep river of grace, love, and 
forgiveness that truly binds us. May this stream of eternal presence be 
solace for any pain in our lives; but, more importantly, inspiration 
and hope of reconciliation and peace in personal relationships, in our 
Nation, and throughout the world.
  May the deliberations and decisions of this day and all days take 
place in the spirit of common good, the spirit in which we are created.
  Amen.

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