[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Colonel Andrew Gibson, Maine Army National Guard, Augusta, Maine, 
offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we thank You for allowing us to live in a land that is 
free, and we thank You for the men and women who have served to ensure 
that freedom.
  As this body convenes to create the laws of this land, might we 
faithfully plan for a day when war is forgotten, but that we would 
never forget the warriors who will have brought us to that day.
  Guide us that we might through inspired legislation be a healer of 
all nations, a healer of our own Nation, and a healer of those who have 
willingly traveled far from their homes to secure our liberties, in the 
current generation and extending back to the formation of our great 
Nation.
  Bless the men and women of this House. Give to them an ample portion 
of Your wisdom, Your courage, and especially Your love this day and 
forevermore.
  Amen.

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