[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 135 (Friday, October 12, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Dr. David R. Rowberry, Institute of Religion of the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints, Washington, D.C., offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear Father in Heaven, humbly we bow before Thee, recognizing our 
dependence upon Thee and seeking Thy guidance in the proceedings of 
this, the people's House.
  Father, we express profound gratitude that Thou hast ``established 
our Constitution by the hands of wise men whom Thou raised up for this 
very purpose.'' May the Members of this House, their staff, and we, as 
citizens, remember and follow the Constitution's principles carefully 
and faithfully.
  Prayerfully, we ask that Members and their staffs be strengthened 
with righteous resolve, following Thy ways in action and intent, that 
they may be worthy of divine guidance in this critical time.
  Father, may the House Members' families, who sacrifice so much that 
the work of this House may be accomplished, be strengthened and blessed 
and appreciated. Indeed, we pray for strength and blessings for all 
families in our great land.
  There is a great diversity, Father, in the manner in which Thy 
children pray to Thee and call on Thee. And so with great respect, I 
now invite each in his or her own way to close this, our prayer, as I 
do in mine, in the name of Jesus Christ.
  Amen.

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