[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7930]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Edward Fassett, S.J., Jesuit Conference of the United 
States, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Good and gracious God, we give You thanks this day for the life You 
grant us anew and for the creation that sustains us.
  We especially ask Your blessing upon the Members of this assembly. 
Give them wisdom, empathy, discipline, creativity, patience, and 
kindness in their dealings with each other and in their discernment 
about the needs of our great Nation. Help them to be responsible 
leaders and fellow citizens with those whom they represent. May their 
work this day reflect our common understanding of what is good and 
true.
  As another school year moves toward commencements and summer 
vacation, we give thanks for our Nation's appreciation for the value of 
a good education. May our national policy for education always reflect 
that same appreciation.
  May all that we do this day, both in the people's House and 
throughout our Nation, be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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