Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open and all desires known, we humbly ask that we may always prove ourselves a Nation mindful and deserving of Your favor.
Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and civil conversation.
Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance; and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and make into one united people the many.
Endow with wisdom those to whom You have entrusted the authority of government, that we may prosper at home, and that we, through obedience to You, may be a blessing to all the Earth.
Fill our hearts with gratitude when we are flourishing, and let us not lose our confidence in You when we are not.
Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve, but in Your kindness and grace.
Amen.
“Today the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the beauty and the wonder of our world and to eliminate the anger and hatred––and the disparity that inevitably causes it––in that part of the world which I touch? Please seek to answer that question today, with all the magnificence that is You. What can you do TODAY... this very moment?”
—Dalai Lama
Please join the Capitol Hill Bible Study Staff Association
for
Bible Study on the Hill
Monday, September 24, 2012
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1629 Longworth HOB
Non–denominational, non–partisan, diverse Christian Bible study
Staff and interns welcome
Please feel free to bring your lunch
This study is designed to help each of us:
Grow in our relationship with God
Gain a better understanding of his Word
Engage in Christian fellowship
For more information please contact us at: HillBibleStudy@gmail.com
or visit our facebook page, key search: HillBibleStudy
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgement.
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.
Mike Aquilina
Executive Vice President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
"The Martyrs and the Mass"
Lunch will be served.
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Date: Wednesday, September 26
Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Place: [ ] Rayburn HOB
RSVP
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Please RSVP by Tues, Sept. 25 to
CatholicStaffAssociation@gmail.com
so we can order enough food for lunch.
All Legislative Branch employees
are invited to attend.
Speaker's Biography
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Mike Aquilina is the Executive Vice President at the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He is the author or editor of more than thirty books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion.
Last year Aquila released a book with our Archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, entitled, “The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition.”
Aquilina is co–host, with Scott Hahn, of eight series that air on EWTN. He is also a poet and song lyricist. His poems have been translated into Polish and Spanish.
Open to Congressional Members, Staff and general public.
For more information contact Moon Sulfab
moon_sulfab@mcconnell.senate.gov
Join the Latter–Day Saints Staff Assn. for their weekly scripture study.
They are also expecting to start a group on the House side in the near future.
For more information contact David Rowberry at 202–448–3399
Please join Chaplain Black and fellow staff members for the Bible Study Series
Living Clean in a Dirty World
Friday’s Topic: Living in a Dirty World
When: 12 to 1:00 p.m. Where: SH–902
Please bring your own beverage
a co–worker or a friend!
If you have any questions, please call the Senate Chaplain’s Office 202–224–2510.