Opening Prayer for the Colorado House of Representatives January 12, 2023

 

Our God and God of All People:

God of the Right and God of the Left;

God of the Haves and God of the Have-Nots;

God of Migrant and God of the Citizen;

God of those who have no God:

Merciful Creator, as we begin this new session of deliberation we pray for wisdom. We pray for understanding. We pray to tear down walls of divisiveness that prevent us from listening to and seeing one another – from engaging in healthy and honest debate.

This morning we seek meaning and purpose.

Let Partisanship never get in the way of participation.

May our ears listen, and our hearts be moved as we labor for the continued vitality and vision of our Great State of Colorado.

On this day of deliberation, help us to remember that all of us – regardless of how we pray or if we pray at all– are vessels of holiness. Help us to see the Divine implanted within each human being in this chamber, in this building, in this city: 

• Those who languish in the streets, and those who live in the lap of luxury.
• Those who are the beneficiaries of beneficence and privilege
• And those for whom every day is a struggle
• Those fleeing from trauma and those living in triumph
• Those who strive to make a difference, and those who succumb to defeatism and degradation of the other.

Let these legislators, staff, clerks, and all who devote countless hours on behalf of our community find ways to connect on a level that triumphs over the transactional and moves us towards transcendence.

Let us remember that all debate can and should be holy. Let us strive to see the dignity in all your creation,

And let us say,

AMEN