Gracious Lord, in the wilderness when You saw the hungry crowds, Your Son looked upon them with compassion and provided for their needs.
Today, we pray for the Members of the House of Representatives. Grant them hearts that are moved by that same compassion. Help them to see the people they have been called to serve––each created in Your image and deeply loved by You.
May they seek not only what is politically expedient, but what is just and for the common good.
May all who serve here be instruments of Your peace, reflecting compassion to a Nation in need.
We pray in Your loving name. Amen.
I know one doesn’t even want to be cured of one’s pride because it gives pleasure. But the pleasure of pride is like the pleasure of scratching. If there is an itch one does want to scratch, but it is much nicer to have neither the itch nor the scratch. As long as we have the itch of self–regard we shall want the pleasure of self–approval; but the happiest moments are those when we forget our precious selves and have neither, but have everything else (God, our fellow–humans, animals, the garden and the sky) instead.
—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