[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 184 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Compassionate and merciful God, we give You thanks for giving us 
another day.
  As this House comes together at the end of the week, bless the work 
of its Members.
  Give them strength, fortitude, and patience. Fill their hearts with 
charity, their minds with understanding, their wills with courage to do 
the right thing for all of America.
  As it is so often easy for all of us to focus on what separates one 
from another, may our understanding that You have created us as one 
people remind us of the values that bind us all together as Americans 
in the human family. May that reminder empower the Members of this 
House to act courageously in the work they have to do for all 
Americans.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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