[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Oran Warder, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Blessed are You, God of the universe. You have created us and given 
us life.
  Blessed are You, God of this Earth. You have set our world like a 
radiant jewel in the heavens and filled it with beauty and hope.
  Blessed are You, God of these United States of America, for all the 
lessons of our past, for all that remains for us to do.
  Blessed are You, God of truth and justice. Guide the men and women of 
this House of Representatives. Grant them insight, courage, compassion, 
and imagination. Protect them from corruption and arrogance, and grant 
that we whom they seek to serve may give them the support that they 
need.
  Increase our trust in one another. Strengthen our quest for justice, 
and bring us to unity and a common purpose.
  Blessed are You, God of the universe, and blessed are we, Your 
people.
  Amen.

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