[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend William Gurnee, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Father of peace, we pray today for the Members of this body who have 
been given the privilege and responsibility of conducting the people's 
business.
  They have tremendous tasks before them. They must seek to establish 
justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to 
ourselves and our posterity.
  Clearly, no one person by themselves is equal to such a task. 
However, guided by Your loving hand and working together, such goals 
can be achieved.
  Therefore, be with them this day and every day they serve here. Give 
them the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job, and the compassion of 
the Good Samaritan so that at the end of their days they may have the 
sure and certain knowledge that they have served their country well.
  Amen.

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