God of all consolation, healer of all wounds, and giver of every good gift, we ask that You pour forth the healing balm of Your grace, mercy, and love. Grant to those who mourn Your comfort. Grant to the fearful Your hope. Grant to the lost and confused Your clear and guiding light.
Heal the brokenhearted and the hardhearted. Let the warmth of Your love melt the wounds of hatred, bitterness, and division. Let the might of Your love reveal Your goodness, truth and beautiful present in each and all of our brothers and sisters.
Sustain us this day in our efforts so that, in all we do, You the light of glory may be made manifest.
We praise You now and forevermore. Amen.
“Nature doth thus kindly heal every wound. By the mediation of a thousand little mosses and fungi, the most unsightly objects become radiant of beauty. There seem to be two sides of this world, presented us at different times, as we see things in growth or dissolution, in life or death. And seen with the eye of the poet, as God sees them, all things are alive and beautiful.
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—Henry David Thoreau
Journal entry, March 13, 1842
Open to Congressional Members, Staff and general public.
For more information contact Moon Sulfab
moon_sulfab@mcconnell.senate.gov or
Join Senate Chaplain Barry Black for his weekly Bible Study from 12 pm – 1 pm on Friday. Lunch is served.
For more information, contact Jody Bogoslavski at 202–224–2510 or jody_bogoslavski@chaplain.senate.gov
Members and staff are invited each Wednesday at 11:00 am to pray the Rosary in H–234, the Congressional Prayer Room.
Praying the Rosary is a way to reflect on the life of Christ through the perspective of Mary. It only takes twenty minutes for this traditional time of prayer.
We welcome all who are interested, those who regularly pray the Rosary and those who wish to learn. We have prayer sheets and rosaries available.
If you have any questions, please call Karen Bronson in the Chaplain's Office at 6–4835. Or email Karen.Bronson@mail.house.gov
Sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain.