[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 2934]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Michael Siconolfi, Society of Jesus, Quantico, Virginia, 
offered the following prayer:
  Lord, You are the author and sustainer of our lives; Yours is the 
love that bears mercy and the sweet waters that never run dry. By the 
power of Your word, You stilled the chaos of primeval seas, made the 
raging waters of the flood subside and etched the channels of fruitful 
rivers from the Jordan to the Nile, from the Mississippi to the Rio 
Grande.
  We gather this day not far from the river called Potomac to pray for 
Your blessing upon the Members of this House. Much has been given them; 
and from them much will be required. Assist them with Your help that 
they may arrive at the final rollcall vote in Your grace and favor.
  Grant all of us here on the shores of this nearby river a sense of 
hope as we strive to be instruments of Your peace. ``In this brief 
transit . . . teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still. 
Our peace is in Your will.''
  We ask this for Your greater glory.
  Amen.

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