Receive us, O Most Holy God, into Your presence. Embrace us in Your welcome as we return to You. Having endured challenges that have tested our spirits, some of us enjoying victories and others enduring disheartening defeats, we turn to You that You would lay Your hand on our lives.
May we emerge from the fire of trial as refined silver. May we yield ourselves to the demands before us that we would be tested as gold is tested. May each of us call upon Your name and may we listen for Your Word.
Remind us that the opinions of our dissenters and the accolades of our supporters are only noise. Answer us clearly with Your voice, that we would understand above all else that You have called us to be Your people in this place.
And may we, in response, before any word we speak or task we undertake, acknowledge that You, O Lord, are our God.
Into Your care we commend the work that lies before us. And in the power of Your name, we entrust our hopes and our prayers for these days. Amen.
Courage is contagious. When a brave person takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
—Rev. Billy Graham
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