[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 144 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Cara Spaccarelli, Christ Church, Washington, D.C. offered 
the following prayer:
  O God, Creator of all, lover of life, inspirer of hope even amidst 
tremendous pain and powerful obstacles, we know that You are as tired 
of hearing our cries in the face of another gun tragedy as we are tired 
of witnessing it.
  As You comfort the community of Roseburg, Oregon, may we open 
ourselves to change, may we confess that what we are doing is not 
working, and that we can do better.
  Inspire us out of complacency, out of inertia, out of fear that we 
might work toward becoming a nation that so honors life that it will do 
everything in its power to protect it.
  Amen.

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