[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 42 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Sean Raftis, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Whitefish, 
Montana, offered the following prayer:
  Loving Heavenly Father, we thank You for blessing us with faith, 
hope, and love.
  We are especially thankful for those who defend and protect our 
Nation and our veterans who are with us and those who gave their lives 
to deliver us from evil and to protect our priceless freedoms we 
treasure.
  Please guide us so that we can know and live the good, the true, and 
the beautiful. Please forgive our sins and cleanse us with Your 
infinite mercy so that we can live virtuous lives. We beg You that You 
continuously bless this Congress so that we all may work for the common 
good to deliver life, liberty, and happiness so that we and all 
citizens can fulfill Psalm 22 to ``proclaim to a people yet unborn the 
deliverance You have brought.''
  May all these noble men and women in Congress who serve here now 
continue to be blessed with joyful resolve to contribute to the 
greatest good, You, our Heavenly Father, and may God bless America.
  Amen.

                          ____________________