Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Saturday, May 28, 2011 Page: 6,286
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82nd LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION
fulfill your holy will for God's people. So, 0 God, remind these leaders of our
state that their decisions matter to you, that you care deeply about what they
decide here. God, during their work here, help these servants of the State of
Texas to be holy people and to leave partisan politics at the statehouse door.
But also, 0 God, help them to make Texas into a holy people. For you call
us to account and we remember that your parable of the last judgment is a
judgment upon the nations of the earth. And so make Texas into a holy people.
Make us into a holy people, 0 God, like the people of Israel whom God
challenged to treat immigrants as if they were native born. Make us into a holy
people, 0 God, like the church of St. Paul, who championed care for widows and
orphans, the most marginalized people of his day. Make us into a holy people, 0
God, as Jesus taught, so that we might care for the sick, for those in prison, for
those without clothing and shelter, for the least of these. And let us be reminded,
as Jesus taught, that when we so care for others, we are caring for the face of God
in the world. Make us into a holy people, 0 God, for we know when we search
the scriptures that these are the kinds of holiness God calls our government to
achieve.
And, God, when this session has finished, when the final bill has been
passed and the last gavel comes down, when these elected servants are back in
the quiet of their homes and praying to you in the privacy of their own hearts,
accept their prayers of forgiveness for all the ways in which they will have fallen
short of your holy vision. All these things we pray in your most holy and
gracious name. Amen.
The speaker recognized Representative Shelton who led the house in the
pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
HOUSE AT EASE
At 10:50 a.m., the speaker announced that the house would stand at ease
pending the arrival of guests.
FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL SERVICE
(The House of Representatives and Senate in Joint Session)
In accordance with the provisions of HCR 163, providing for a joint session
of the senate and house of representatives for the purpose of a joint memorial
session to honor Texans killed while serving in the Global War on Terrorism,
Governor Rick Perry, the Honorable Steve Ogden, president pro tempore of the
senate, and the honorable senators were announced at the door of the house and
were admitted.
The Honorable Steve Ogden, president pro tempore of the senate, called the
senate to order. A quorum of the senate was announced present.
The Honorable Joe Straus, speaker of the house, called the house to order. A
quorum of the house of representatives was announced present.6286
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Saturday, May 28, 2011, legislative document, May 28, 2011; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth653492/m1/2/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.