[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Alisa Lasater Wailoo, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 
Washington, DC, offered the following prayer:
  God of perfect power and endless love, within these walls decisions 
are made that influence the whole world, but it is within the human 
heart that You do some of Your very best work.
  So open each heart here to You;
  Tune each set of ears to hear Your still small voice within;
  Open each pair of eyes to see You in one another and especially in 
those with whom we disagree;
  Protect each soul from predictable and unexpected temptations;
  And excite each mind to the vastness of Your great possibility so 
that our work here today will reflect the breadth of Your love for each 
child we represent from our own districts and each individual around 
the globe without any representation.
  We ask these things with abundant gratitude for the awesome 
opportunity to be used as instruments of Your healing and hope.
  Amen.

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