Our King and our God, your throne endures forever. You rule with a scepter of equity. You love the right and despise the wrong.
Humbly we come before you with the prayers of this body and of this nation. You have blessed us richly, guiding the founding of this democracy with the enduring virtues of freedom and liberty, peace and justice. You have raised up leaders and citizens whose blood, sweat, and tears have watered our soil, bringing forth the fruits of your planting.
Grant, we pray, your continued blessing upon this land we love, that America would reflect its noble heritage and the lessons learned from both the triumphs and failings of its past.
Give us each a renewed spirit of dependence on you and a deep thirst for your direction, that we may preserve the blessings we have inherited and pass them faithfully to those who follow after us.
May peace and prosperity be our hope, and your abiding and steadfast love and salvation our reward.
In all generations may your name be celebrated, that all peoples may praise you forever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 45:6, 17
Walking by faith, let us do good works. In these let there be a free love of God for His own sake and an active love for our neighbor. For there is nothing we can do for God. But because we have something we can do for our neighbor, we shall by our good offices to the needy gain the favor of Him Who is the source of all abundance. Let us then do what we can for others; let us freely bestow upon the needy out of our abundance.
—St. Augustine
Join us to pray the Rosary for Congress and the nation – each Friday at 11:30 am in the Interfaith Staff Prayer Room – 467 Cannon – and via Zoom. All are welcome. Rosaries and prayer sheets are provided. For zoom link or more information, contact Karen.Bronson@mail.house.gov Hosted by the Office of the Chaplain
The Interfaith Staff Prayer Room is open for congressional staff to use for personal prayer and meditation. For questions – email StaffPrayerRoom@mail.house.gov