[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 104 (Friday, June 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Stephanie Vader, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of all creation, who cannot be contained by our boundaries or our 
definitions, You are present in every place, in every moment in 
history. You are here and now.
  Restore us anew to the vision of our forebearers who committed 
themselves to a vision of one Nation under God, with liberty and 
justice for all. We confess in this sacred Chamber of decisionmaking 
that we have not realized that vision.
  This weekend as we remember and honor those who father us and 
celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the 
end of enslavement in the United States, we think of our ancestors.
  Where our ancestors failed to work for liberty and justice for all 
and contributed to oppression and harm, we lament.
  Where our ancestors struggled to work for liberty and justice for 
all, we give thanks.
  Restore anew the vision of liberty and justice for all in us. Help us 
to contend fearlessly against evil and to make no peace with 
oppression. To love only that which is good. To learn to be gentle. By 
our actions to lessen the tides of sorrow. To add to the sum of human 
flourishing.
  Amen.

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