[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Imam Omar Sulieman, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, Irving, 
Texas, offered the following prayer:
  In the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful; our 
sustainer, our guide; ever present, never unaware, infinitely able, 
Your servants in Your loving care; guide us to pure convictions that 
inspire in us the courage to match those convictions.
  We pray for peace, not war; love, not hate; benevolence, not greed; 
unity, not division. And we commit ourselves to not betraying our 
prayers with actions that contradict them.
  Let us be for truth, no matter who or for is against it; and justice, 
no matter who or for it is against; and hope, no matter what obstacles 
lie ahead.
  Let us not be deterred by the hatred that has claimed the lives of 
innocent worshipers across the world, but emboldened by the love that 
gathered them together to remember You and gathered us together to 
remember them.
  Let us not be overcome by the darkness of evil nor the slumber of 
indifference that turns human beings into hashtags and neighbors into 
enemies. Let us be the light that we seek from You.
  Guide the deliberations of our Members of Congress to just decisions, 
and guide our Nation to the abode of reconciliation. May we honor one 
another, glorify You together, and inspire the world to be better.
  Amen.

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