Congressman Scalise credits power of prayer for his shooting recovery

Source: cruxnow.com --- Friday, September 29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three and a half months after he was shot during an early morning Baseball practice, Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, received thunderous applause and standing ovations from the House floor Sept. 28 where he attributed his recovery to the power of prayer. “I’m definitely a living example that miracles really do happen,” he told his colleagues after acknowledging: “You have no idea how good it feels to be back here at work at the people’s house.” The congressman, a parishioner at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Metairie, Louisiana, along with his wife, Jennifer, and their two children, said the past few months have been challenging for him and his family, but he said the outpouring of love, warmth and prayer gave them the “strength to get through all of this.” “It starts with God,” he said, noting that right after he was shot on the Alexandria, Virginia, Baseball field and couldn’t move, he “just started to pray.” “I will tell you, it gave me an unbelievable sense of calm knowing that at that point it was in God’s hands,” he said. He also recounted how he prayed for specific things and many of those prayers were answered, which gave him “renewed faith and understanding that the power of prayer is something that you just cannot underestimate.” Scalise and fellow Republican House members along with staffers and others were practicing June 14 for the annual Congressional Baseball Game ...

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