Holy Lord, you have entrusted us with your life giving word, your truth, which frees us from the dissonant voices that distract us from your divine design for us and for your creation.
Teach us that we need not try to please people, but rather to purify our hearts that they would please you and prove faithful in any test you lay before us.
Keep us from using flattery to satisfy our greed, or masking our true selves to gain the favor of those in power over us. God, you alone are our witness. From you alone should we seek approval.
The strength you have granted us to serve you is sufficient. May we lean on you in these days and receive the encouragement, comfort, and inspiration to live lives worthy of you. Like children guided by a loving parent, may we depend on your grace alone to see us through the challenges we face.
In the power of your name we pray. Amen.
1 Thessalonians 2:4–7, 12
The Divine Wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.
—Frederick W. Robertson
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