[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Joseph Holcomb, St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Church, 
Flushing, New York, offered the following prayer:
  All powerful and merciful God, we praise You and give You thanks for 
all Your gracious gifts, most especially the gift of Your infinite and 
unconditional love.
  It is Your gift of love that inspires and drives us to seek peace 
throughout our Nation and our world to gain an awareness that we share 
a common destiny which is ultimately transcendent, peace that is not 
the mere absence of war but as a harmonious coexistence of individual 
citizens within a society governed by justice, one in which the good is 
also achieved for each of them.
  Help us through Your gift of love to work diligently in these coming 
days, months, and years to seek peace for all.
  May our deliberations in this, the United States House of 
Representatives, bring about understanding, tolerance, and peace in our 
great Nation and the world.
  We pray this in Your holy name.
  Amen.

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