[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Charles Sikorsky, LC, Divine Mercy University, Arlington, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we thank You for the many blessings You have 
bestowed on our Nation, and we ask You for Your continued providential 
care. May our citizens enjoy the blessings of freedom, peace, security, 
and brotherhood.
  We pray for Your guidance and wisdom as we seek to build a more just 
and flourishing society and world founded on solidarity, subsidiarity, 
and the common good.
  We ask You to bless this session and all of the important work that 
it entails. Help our legislators to proceed with concern for the 
dignity of every human person and respect for the responsibilities and 
obligations that come with the freedoms and the blessings that You have 
given us. May their work be motivated by the quest for justice and 
truth.
  Finally, we pray for our citizens who are in distress and for the 
protection of the noble men and women of our military spread throughout 
the world.
  Amen.

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