[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 117 (Thursday, July 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4637]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Chris Kellerman, S.J., Jesuit Conference of the United 
States and Canada, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty and loving God, we turn our hearts and minds toward You this 
day and humbly ask You to grant our Nation the gifts of peace and 
unity.
  Root out the violence and hatred from our communities and political 
life by rooting out the violence and hatred from our hearts.
  Help us to see one another not with fear and dehumanizing animosity, 
but instead with kindness, empathy, and curiosity--a curiosity that, 
upon encountering someone with whom we disagree, spurs us not to 
condemn and attack them, but instead to want to learn more about them 
and why they believe what they do.
  Help us to be good to one another, to care for one another, and to 
love one another so that all hatred and dissension might end.
  We entrust all these prayers to You this morning, and we commend all 
victims of violence and their families to Your infinite mercy and 
compassion.
  Amen.

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