[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 193 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8980]
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:
  Loving and Gracious God, we give You thanks for giving us another 
day.
  We ask today that You bless the Members of the People's House to be 
the best and most faithful servants of the people they serve. May they 
be filled with gratitude at the opportunity they have to serve in this 
place.
  We thank You for the abilities they have been given to do their work, 
to contribute to the common good. May they use their talents as good 
stewards of Your many gifts and, thereby, be true servants of justice 
and partners in peace.
  As this first session of the 112th Congress draws near its end and 
pressing legislative business once again weighs heavily on this Hill 
and throughout our land, withhold not Your Spirit of wisdom and truth 
from this Assembly. Give each Member clarity of thought and purity of 
motive so that they may render their service as their best selves.
  May all that is done this day in the People's House be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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