[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Aaron McEmrys, Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 
Arlington, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Creator God, spirit of light, we come here today with our spirits 
open to the Sun of Your loving gaze. We come humbled by the work 
entrusted to us--to tend to Your children--for we know that we are, all 
of us, Your children, bearers of Your divine spark.
  May we remember this no matter how thick the stacks of paper on our 
desks.
  When we are weary, may we be filled with Your generosity of spirit. 
We will pass it on with interest.
  When we don't know which way to turn, may we find stillness and 
listen for the soft voice of wisdom.
  Help us today to do justice, to serve mercy, and to walk humbly with 
You and the better angels of our nature.
  Most of all, beloved God, may we practice the arts of kindness in all 
that we do and all that we are.
  To this we say amen.

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