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Opening prayer invokes support for cancer patients
Summary
The House opened with a prayer during which the speaker referenced triple-negative breast cancer and asked for comfort and strength for patients and families. The invocation drew on a Notre Dame prayer and was delivered before the Pledge of Allegiance.
The House opened its session with a prayer that explicitly referenced triple-negative breast cancer and the limits of treatment options for patients. The prayer, delivered by a presenter during the opening minutes, said the assembly was offering an invocation drawn from the Notre Dame Book of Prayer in observance of a day recognizing cancer patients.
The presenter asked for comfort and resilience for those affected, saying, "We humbly ask you to turn this weakness into a viable strength, suffering into compassion, sorrow into joy, and pain into comfort for others." The invocation concluded with "Amen" and was followed immediately by the Pledge of Allegiance led by the chamber page.
