[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dominic Langevin, OP, Dominican House of Studies, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  God, our Father, order our distracted minds to Yourself. Help us to 
be humble, knowing that all works are worthwhile only insofar as they 
come from You and are oriented back to You.
  Bless the work of this House. Strengthen its Members to build bonds 
that will last: bonds of collaboration among themselves, bonds of 
fraternity and opportunity in our land, bonds of peace on our planet.
  May the cooperation of these elected servants free us all for 
virtuous excellence rather than the ease of wantonness or the doldrums 
of indifference.
  And, loving Father, as we celebrate Mother's Day this weekend, accept 
our thanks for the love that You have shown us through our mothers. May 
we cherish the dignity and sacrifices of those women whom You have 
called to bear and sustain life.
  Through Jesus Christ, the Lord.
  Amen.

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