[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend James Stoeger, S.J., President, Jesuit Secondary Education 
Association, Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God of love, bless the Members of this House. Please help those who 
labor here recognize how You are present in their service and 
leadership. Guide them as they seek to be effective for the good of all 
Your people.
  Loving God, may our leaders be alert to the cares, hurts, and 
challenges of our citizens and our communities. Help those leaders 
choose well directions and actions that benefit those likely to be left 
out and all who express and strengthen our Nation's values, which are 
our greatest assets.
  May we hear and pursue Your sacred message, merciful God, that we be 
women and men with the capacity of peacemakers, realistic and also 
deeply thoughtful and wise.
  Finally, gentle God, bring to those who serve here a participation in 
Your own gifts, such as rich insight and also joy, in their care for 
the well-being of our country and the world.
  Amen.

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