[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Cheryl Coleman Hall, Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of infinite wisdom, of faithfulness, of mercy, of justice and 
love, we gather in this place at this hour by grace, and we are 
grateful.
  We pray for clarity of mind for the work of service that must be 
accomplished by each one here. We pray that they will use today wisely, 
for today will become yesterday, and today is creating tomorrow.
  We pray that broken places are made straight and the bridges we are 
building are strong and mighty, for we all must walk upon them.
  We pray for the persons who support them, the family members, support 
staff, the unnamed and unknown as they carry out the awesome 
responsibilities of being their brothers and sisters, communities, and 
country's keepers.
  As we gather, charged with the awesome responsibilities for which we 
have been called, we are reminded of all that is divine, all that is 
good, all that is merciful in each of us. And we pray that each of us 
is able to unabashedly declare at the end of the day, with sincere 
hearts: May the works I have done speak for me.
  In the name of the One who reveals truth, the One who is the light 
that is showing in the darkness that cannot be extinguished, we offer 
this prayer.
  Amen.

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