[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Dean George Werner, Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we meet in a challenging moment of Your history. We 
cannot control all that may endanger us, but we can choose our behavior 
and the example we set as leaders.
  Facing overwhelming challenges, the signers of our Declaration of 
Independence pledged ``their lives, their fortunes and their sacred 
honor.'' In Romans, Paul, too, encourages us to ``outdo one another in 
showing honor.''
  Please send Your Holy Spirit among us, strengthening our vision and 
courage to do right, especially when no one is watching. Not for just 
this great House, but for all levels of government; for all 
corporations, institutions and organizations; for financial, 
industrial, commercial, academic, military, including our religious and 
altruistic communities, which sadly have not been immune from dishonor; 
that our beloved country may continue to be a beacon of light to a 
troubled world, and that government for, by, and of the people shall 
not perish from the face of this Earth.
  Amen.

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