[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 134 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Stephanie Vader, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of our open futures, help us to remember that we are all 
neighbors, far and near, and that loving our neighbors is our duty and 
joy.
  God of our open futures, help us to keep our heart soft by looking 
deeply at the world and seeing the places of pain and sorrow.
  God of our open futures, help us to see where the nudging angels are 
challenging us to redream and redeem the world, making it a place of 
compassion and peace.
  God of our open futures, help us to know that life is fragile, hearts 
are easily broken, spirits are easily crushed, so we practice the 
religion of kindness, and we are swift to forgive one another.
  God of our open futures, help us to rejoice that we always stand on 
holy ground together in our broken and beautiful lives.
  Amen.

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