[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6921-6922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Jane Wood, Jerusalem-Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, 
Rockville, Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  O Lord our God, God of our past, present, and future, we look to You 
today as we begin this session of the United States House of 
Representatives.
  We thank You this afternoon for those who are assembled here. They 
have been given a great privilege and an awesome responsibility.
  Bestow upon them the wisdom, discernment, and knowledge they need. Be

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very near to each of them, and may this day be a day of accomplishment.
  By Your grace, enable these Representatives to continue on the ``path 
to a more perfect Union.''
  Amen.

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