[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15338]
[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 light and life, our prayer today is simple.
  May the eternal Spirit that embraces all good deliver us from fear.
  May the hearts, minds, and souls of the women and men of this House 
of Representatives elected to serve the people be released from fear 
into freedom.
  In freedom, may they discover and rediscover what is already deep 
within themselves as humans created in divine image.
  May every conversation and deliberation of this day and days to 
follow be filled with compassion for the millions of people whose lives 
and livelihoods are affected by these decisions, courage to compromise 
when necessary to sustain and provide for the well-being of all people, 
humility to let go of the ideological convictions when those 
convictions hinder the common good, and clear vision to see beyond 
narrow agendas toward a Nation filled with promise to be a beacon of 
light for all people.
  Amen.

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