[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3759]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend E. Terri LaVelle, Program Director, The Faith & Politics 
Institute, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of compassion, grace, mercy, reconciliation, we are coming boldly 
to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in the 
time of need. Thank You for these, my brothers and sisters elected to 
serve the common good of all humanity. Give divine guidance and wisdom 
individually and collectively as they carry out their sworn duties.
  Give them ears to hear, and hearts to discern what the needs are, and 
boldly meet the challenges even when it involves making hard and 
uncomfortable choices.
  God, Your word states that You have not given us a spirit of fear but 
of love, power, and a sound mind. Empower this congressional body to 
operate in love, Godly power, and with sound minds. Your word says that 
we have been given the word and ministry of reconciliation.
  Let these, Your servants called Congresswomen and Congressmen, be 
servants of reconciliation domestically and globally. In the name that 
is above every name, Amen.

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