[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Meg Peery McLaughlin, Burke Presbyterian Church, Burke, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, in You we 
live and move and have our being.
  Amid these public servants, gathered to govern as they swore to do, 
we invoke Your presence, O God, greater than we can ever grasp, and as 
near as the intake of our own breath.
  Expose our stubborn bias that deprives our life. Reconstruct 
relationships to enliven joy in the work ahead. Ignite our integrity 
and right-size us in our britches. Refuse our apathy with an outpouring 
of Your hope. Untangle our pride and pain, allowing room for Your truth 
to creep in and guide our way.
  We make this prayer resting in the promise that we belong to You, and 
thus to one another.
  Amen.

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