[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3806]
[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:
  We come today with thanks and gratitude for the eternal presence of 
God, known by many names, that is within, around, and throughout all 
creation.
  May each person in the human family be reminded today in every breath 
we take of the Spirit that binds and connects us to one another. With 
every morsel or drop of nourishment taken into our bodies may we 
remember our interdependence with the soil, streams, seas, plants, and 
animals of Earth. As we gaze to the sky above may we allow the 
mysterious vastness of the unknown to stir our imaginations toward 
creative care of that which is known.
  As citizens not only of Nations but also of the Earth itself, may we 
live this day and every day in harmony with all. And may this Spirit of 
harmony be that which guides the ideas, conversations, debates, and 
decisions of our Nation's leaders today and always.
  Amen.

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