[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 131 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dorota Wright-Pruski, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 
Arlington, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious and loving God, by Your wisdom, You have bound us together 
in a common life, as one body. The eye cannot say to the hand: ``I have 
no need of you,'' nor, again, the head to the feet: ``I have no need of 
you.'' Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many, and 
all parts must work together for the common good.
  As these Your servants gather today, help them embrace both the gifts 
and disciplines of a shared common life. Guide them toward decisions 
that honor all members of our human family, especially the most 
vulnerable. Give them a reverence for the Earth and all its 
inhabitants.
  Strengthen them to act with mercy and kindness in all that they do, 
and give all of us grace to walk with You and one another in the way of 
love.
  In Your holy name we pray.
  Amen.

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