[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Kurt Gerhard, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of peace, Who called all people from every nation to seek 
reconciliation with each other for the good of creation, inspire in us 
the will to persevere, through moments of conflict, to seek common 
ground.
  Bless this country and all its leaders in the continued fulfillment 
of a vision set forth in July of 1776 that all people are ``endowed by 
their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are 
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.''
  During this session of the 112th Congress in this, the people's 
House, may the hearts of these duly elected Representatives be blessed 
with the integrity of purpose and the steadfast commitment to seek and 
serve the people of the United States of America for the betterment of 
this country and the world.
  We ask this all in the name of the one God, the God of all nations. 
Amen.

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