[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Andrew Walton, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of the universe, known by many names and worshiped in numerous 
ways, yet present in common experiences of life, we come in thanks and 
gratitude for the gift of democratic process through which the Members 
of this body are elected to serve by representing the particular needs 
of their communities as well as the common good of the Nation.
  In this season of discernment and decision, may all who are involved 
in the electoral process, from candidates, to campaign staffs, to 
voters, to poll workers, be filled with shared imagination, collective 
wisdom, and mutual compassion that transcend self-interest, personal 
gain, and individual pride.
  May we ultimately find peace, rest, and hope not in institutional 
systems but in the sure knowledge of prophetic words that the arc of 
the moral universe not only bends toward justice but does so guided by 
the spirit of love that sustains and binds creation itself. Amen.

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