[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2360]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Adam McHugh, Vitas Hospice Center, Covina, California, 
offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we acknowledge and praise You on this day that You have 
made.
  We are reminded that all power and authority ultimately come from 
You. We do not wield our own power, but we are stewards who have been 
entrusted with a greater power.
  May the work that is done today in the Halls of the powerful be done 
on behalf of the powerless. Would You open our ears to listen to the 
needs and the cries of those who are seldom heard. May the strong 
voices today speak out for the sake of those with no voice.
  Would You grant our leaders courage and wisdom to do what is right, 
and would You pour out on them a spirit of peace, love, kindness, and 
gentleness.
  Amen.

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