[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Stephen Thomlison, St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Exeter, 
Nebraska, offered the following prayer:
  Good and gracious God, we come before You filled with gratitude for 
the many blessings You have bestowed upon us. Humbly, we ask for Your 
forgiveness for when we have chosen the wrong path.
  We beseech Your mercy, O Lord, upon our Nation. Rain down from heaven 
Your holy fire--not a fire of wrath or destruction, but a fire of love, 
a fire of mercy, and a fire of wisdom so that we may love as You love.
  Pour into this Chamber today a spirit of civility, a freshness of 
renewal, and a bountiful grace of new ideas.
  Bless these legislators, their families, their staff, and abundantly 
bless all those they represent. May the work of this Chamber be guided 
by Your divine hand.
  Hear us, O Lord, for I ask this in the name and through the merits of 
Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.
  Amen.

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