The Office of the Chaplain United States House of Representatives

Opening Prayer

08/03/2026
Reverend Lisa Wink Schultz

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.

Thought of the Week

The will directs the tongue or the hand to act, and the evil word is spoken or the evil deed done. Every time we sin, it is the whole of us that sins, and not just a part. The body is only the instrument of the mind and the will. All that God made, including the body with all its desires and instincts, is good in itself. But it has to be kept under control and used in the right way.

—Stephen Neill

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