Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from You no secrets are hid, humbly we come before You, appealing to Your mercy and dependent on Your grace.
For even in our noblest efforts to serve You, and in our honest desires to do what is best for this country, we discover how easy it is to mistake approbation for affirmation. All too often we find ourselves valuing veneration over virtue.
Regardless of our attempts to disguise our misdeeds, what is hidden is known to You. Everything that is secret from everyone else is revealed to You.
Silence then all voices but Your own, and speak to us Your words of forgiveness. Quell all desires save for the longing to receive Your love, and strengthen us to remain faithful to Your will.
Purge us from all unrighteousness. Cleanse us from the thoughts of our minds and the willfulness of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You and worthily magnify Your holy name, in which we pray. Amen.
Luke 12:2
There is but one good: that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from His. And the higher and tighter it is in the natural order, the more demoniac it will be if it rebels. It’s not out of bad mice or bad fleas that you make demons, but out of bad archangels. The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother–love or patriotism or art, but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.
—C.S. Lewis
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