[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 11 (Friday, January 18, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H723]
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:
  God of love and truth, thank You for each servant in the people's 
House, Members and staff alike, and all they sacrifice to serve.
  On the eve of Dr. King's holiday, fill us with the faith of Your 
servant Martin when he proclaimed, ``I believe that unarmed truth and 
unconditional love will have the final word. . . .''
  So Lord, disarm us today. Help us hand over our weapons of word and 
action that intend to wound our perceived opponents. Then help us hear 
the deep truths of all our constituents, especially the most vulnerable 
among us, and of Your children in need around the world.
  Remove the conditions we impose on what we believe is possible so 
that today Your unconditional love will lead us not only to a just 
resolution of the shutdown and the end of the pain it is causing, but 
to becoming a country and a globe that looks more like Your kingdom, so 
that we, like Dr. King, leave this world better because of our 
courageous actions today.
  Amen.

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