[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16028]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Avelino Gonzalez, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Dear Lord, God of history, and our Father, you have anointed this 
great Nation to be the promoter and defender of freedom, unity, 
justice, peace, and the common good. You inspired our Founding Fathers, 
at the inception of our Republic, to recognize that mankind is endowed 
with self-evident and unalienable rights which reflect our unique 
status of being created in Your image and likeness.
  We beseech You today, and ask You to pour out Your Holy Spirit upon 
our Republic and upon the Members of this House of Representatives so 
that all the deliberations and decisions of this governing body may be 
in conformity with our great call to defend these transcendent rights, 
and thereby, help build a civilization of authentic love, justice, and 
peace.
  We ask this in Your Most Holy and Eternal name. Amen.

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