[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13881]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Matthew Mello, the Church of the Resurrection, Lakeland, 
Florida, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We ask for Your blessings to this legislative body as they govern the 
welfare of all the people of this great Nation. Endow them with wisdom, 
discernment, courage, and conviction to engage the issues of our day, 
and for the generations to come to be better off as a result of all 
decisions made within this assembly hall.
  Bind them together in a shared commitment to You, a passionate 
patriotism, and a deep dedication to find creative solutions in the 
concerns that confront us and divide us in these times.
  We remember our Ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and his colleagues.
  We ask that this be done this day and in the days to come, giving 
honor and glory to You, our God, and we pray Your blessings be upon us 
always.
  In Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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