Holy God, source of all wisdom, goodness, truth, and knowledge, we appeal to you for the direction and counsel needed to meet the challenges and faithfully execute the tasks set before us.
Make us wise, first in our asking. Given the purity of your wisdom, may we humble ourselves to receive it.
Aware that what comes from you is peace–loving and gentle, may we be willing to slow our tempers and temper our judgment in the disagreements we are sure to encounter.
What you offer requires that we be open to reason and full of mercy. May the fruit of today’s labors be sensible and abounding in your goodness.
Lord, the guidance and grace you offer us are neither uncertain nor insincere. May we, in our certitude, be sincere in our engagement, one with another. And may we reflect the sincerity found in your wisdom, confident in your will for the living of this day.
In your sovereign name, we pray.
James 3:17
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
—Patrick Henry
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
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