[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend M. Susan Peterson, Senior Pastor, Gloria Dei Lutheran 
Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, offered the following prayer:
  God of grace, healer of the nations and source of all that is 
generous and good, we call You by many names, yet we seek the same 
hope. We travel on different pathways but long for the same promise of 
peace. Help us to discover within the great variety of Your people a 
common purpose to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly on earth. 
Grant our elected leaders the wisdom and courage to stand for what is 
life-giving. And in full measure, support them in work both tedious and 
challenging to seek the well-being of all people.
  Help each of us to overcome the barriers that separate us one from 
another, to advocate for those who have no voice, and to allow the 
freedom we know in this great land to move us to act with concern and 
compassion on behalf of others. May Your wisdom prevail in this place, 
and Your blessing rest on all who serve here. Together, we pray. Amen.

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