[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2245]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Aaron Damiani, Church of the Resurrection, Washington, D.C., 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we the people lay before You our anxieties. The trials 
we face are real and intractable, and we confess our temptation to lose 
heart in their presence.
  We ask You to take away the spirit of fear and in its place give our 
Nation the courage of Daniel, who faced the lion's den with humble 
confidence and lived to see a new dawn.
  Do not let us cower before the menacing problems of our day, but 
instead let us stand before them with the spirit of power and love and 
self-control. Steel our leaders with the courage to confront all that 
is wrong, dysfunctional and evil. Give them the courage to talk to each 
other, and give them the courage to lead.
  O God, make speed to save us. In the name of the Father, the Son and 
the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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