[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                                 PRAYER

  Chaplain Major Troy S. Bates, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New 
York, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, commander of the hosts of Heaven, humbly hear and grant 
our prayer today.
  We pause today, before conducting the people's business, asking for 
wisdom and courage. Wisdom to know the right way to lead and the 
courage to lead the right way.
  The 9/11 anniversary reminds us our freedoms come with a cost. So I 
am thankful for those who pay that cost, for men like Staff Sergeant 
Patrick Quinn, who sacrificed his life in Afghanistan, as well as 
Captain Doug Frazier, class of 1975, who selflessly served humanity his 
entire long life. People like these represent our why.
  God, You have shown us what you require: to do justly, to love mercy, 
and to walk humbly with You.
  May we seek justice for all by living justly before all. May we 
proclaim mercy by being merciful, and may we walk humbly before You by 
living in humility before others. We pray this in the name of the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
  Amen.

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