[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 181 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Michael Wilker, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  O God, infinite goodness, joy of angels, blessed friend, life of all 
lives: With Dr. Teresa of Avila, we praise You for the fire of Your 
love that encircles creation, inspires our hearts, and enlightens our 
minds. When our intentions diverge from Yours and we are breaking, You 
comfort us, suffer us, and patiently bear us as we are. When we have 
returned to Your paths, You forgive how we have offended.
  Here in this House, and across this land, from the homes of the 
Piscataway to the Mississippi Rivershed to the mountains and deserts of 
the West, send Your spirit to guide us. You have no body but ours. You 
pray in us, work in us, look through our eyes, speak through our words, 
work through our hands, walk with our feet, and love with our hearts. 
Help us serve with justice, rooted in the Earth, and in humility.
  Amen.

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