[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 183 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Alisa Lasater Wailoo, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, thank You for this day.
  This week, Your children will celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, or 
Kwanzaa. No matter if we light the menorah, the Christ candle, or the 
kinara, open us to see new truths about You and Your love.
  As we work today, reveal to us the beauty and gifts inside each 
person we encounter and represent.
  Enlighten us to the greatest needs in our world and where You want us 
to focus.
  Enlighten us to the biases and bigotries within us that hinder 
healing in our Nation.
  Enlighten us to real dangers and save us from false fears.
  Bless each Member, their tireless staffers, and all House employees. 
Grant them safe travels and a week of rest, restoration, and 
revelation.
  I pray in the name of the baby Jesus, born without shelter, forced by 
Herod to flee to Egypt as a refugee who, not in spite of but through 
his circumstances, became the light of salvation.
  Amen.

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