[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend John Robert Skeldon, Diocese of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, 
Texas, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, as citizens of this great land, we mark today the 50th 
anniversary of the tragic death of the 35th President of the United 
States, President John F. Kennedy. In commemorating such a one whose 
life and Presidency were cut short, we do so not to ``sow in tears,'' 
as the Psalm says, but rather to ``reap with shouts of joy.''
  Help us, Lord God, to make the late President's inaugural vision our 
own, so that together, as fellow Americans, we may ask not what our 
country can do for us, but rather what we can do for our country. And 
so, sacrificing ourselves for the sake of others, help us go forth to 
lead the land we love, asking Your blessing and Your help, and knowing 
that here on Earth, Your work, O God, must truly be our own.
  In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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