[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6815]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Mark Farr, The Faith and Politics Institute, Washington, DC, 
offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we give You thanks for the rich spiritual traditions 
that You have bestowed upon this Nation. May we be worthy of the 
heritage we have received.
  Grant us the disposition to be still and to pray, the courage to 
respect the prayers of others, and the faith to know our prayers are 
never in vain.
  Then, having prayed, grant us the willingness to bridge the divides 
that arise in a thriving democracy; lift our eyes that we might see 
above the immediacy of the present clamor to the peace that is forged 
by a life spent in intimacy with You that we might sow peace in our 
land, in this House, and in the Garden of our Souls.
  In Your name we pray. Amen.

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