[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend John Hopkins, LC, Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center, 
Bethesda, Maryland, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we ask You to help us to start anew in our quest to 
build up our country and truly do what is best for our people.
  Help us to put aside all struggles for power and learn how to come 
together for the common good.
  Let us put aside all demagoguery and self-importance and cling to 
what is good and right.
  Keep this country safe, and help us always to strive towards a true 
peace and authentic justice.
  Give us the courage to defend and promote the values and principles 
that have made our country great, and free our lawmakers from all 
egotism, hate, or cowardice.
  Inspire them to think outside the box in finding solutions and to 
look to You for their inspiration.
  We ask this through Christ our Lord.
  Amen.

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