[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Blake Johnson, Church of the Advent, Washington, D.C., 
offered the following prayer:
  O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world, we commend this 
Nation to Your merciful care that, being guided by Your providence, we 
may dwell secure in Your peace.
  Grant to the Members of this House, and to all in authority, wisdom 
and strength to know Your will.
  Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness and make them ever 
mindful of their calling to serve this people in Your fear.
  Where we have failed You, we ask You to be merciful and grant us the 
grace to turn to paths of righteousness for Your name's sake.
  Lord, keep this Nation under Your care and guide us in the way of 
justice and truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns 
with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.
  Amen.

                          ____________________