[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15066]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Andrew Walton, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Creator God, Eternal Presence, Spirit of Life in whom we breathe and 
live, we come into another day that has never been--a new day, an empty 
day waiting to be--its possibility and potential filled with only that 
which we bring to it.
  As we pause in this moment, may we have the wisdom, humility, and 
grace to lay aside the fear, scarcity, pain, mistrust, and violence 
that have consumed so many of our yesterdays.
  Where discord has been our nemesis, may harmony be our friend. Where 
suspicion shades our perspective, may trust bring light to see clearly 
and know Your presence in ourselves, in others, and in all Creation.
  This is our prayer.
  Fill us with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, 
faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control so that these may be the 
gifts we bring to this day--to our work, our lives, our country, and 
our world.
  Amen.

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