[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Bishop Robert Barron, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, 
California, offered the following prayer:
  O God, source of all justice, You have summoned everyone who works in 
this Chamber to walk the path of righteousness, to foster life and 
liberty, to care especially for the poorest and most vulnerable in our 
society. Free these servants of Yours, O Lord, of all those attachments 
to wealth or power or privilege or fame that would prevent them from 
following the course You have set out for them. Make them mindful of 
the time when they first heard Your voice and followed it with idealism 
and enthusiasm.
  Illumine their minds, direct their wills, stir up in them a holy 
passion for doing what is right, despite the cost. Give them the 
knowledge that whenever they strive for justice, they are pleasing to 
You. And shower, O Lord, Your choicest blessings upon our country.
  Amen.

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