[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 141 (Friday, September 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Rachel Landers Vaagenes, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Holy One, You are called by many names. We pray to You, light, and 
life, and love. I pray this day for our country and for our world.
  I ask that You guide the elected leaders of our country as they seek 
the welfare not simply of their own constituencies but of all people. I 
pray for these Representatives as they speak for the people of the 
United States that they might wield their responsibility with 
reverence.
  Though the terms in the House are short, and though the people can be 
fickle, I pray for patience for these leaders: patience with their 
opponents, patience with their staff, and patience with themselves.
  Give to all who serve here an inner grace, and may this place be 
called a place of blessing in the world.
  Amen.

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