[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H9799]
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:
  Eternal God, we give You thanks for giving us another day. We pause 
in Your presence and ask guidance for the men and women of the people's 
House.
  Enable them, O God, to act on what they believe to be right and true 
and just, and to do so in ways that show respect for those with whom 
they disagree. In this, may they grow to be models and good examples in 
a time when so many in our world are unable to engage gracefully with 
those with whom they are at odds.
  May the Members realize that Your congregation is wider and broader 
than ever we could measure or determine. Help them, and help us all, O 
Lord, to put away any judgments that belong to You and do what we can 
to live together in peace.
  As we approach this next recess, bless our great Nation, and keep it 
faithful to its ideals, its hopes, and its promise of freedom in our 
world.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done within the 
people's House be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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