[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Mark Farr, Faith and Politics Institute, Washington, DC, 
offered the following prayer:
  Good Lord, on the anniversary of the death of President John F. 
Kennedy, we remember our Presidents and all those who serve, however 
high or lowly their office; also those from this House who more 
recently have paid a price for their service.
  Keep all who attend this House safe, knowing that, in a Nation whose 
ideals require their leaders not be distanced from the people, this can 
mean personal peril.
  Give them strength to know that their gift is never without cost; and 
in a season of Thanksgiving, holy and eternal God, we give You thanks 
that so many still serve the common good and that, through them, the 
beautiful ideals of our Republic still stand.
  In Your name we pray, Amen.

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