[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 71 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H2823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Ken Chroniger, Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist 
Church, Alfred Station, New York, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, in this moment, we wait on You. We take a deep 
breath and try stopping the rush and the hurry of life. For an instant, 
we ask You to lift the weight of government and the burdens of our role 
in it from our hearts, minds, and souls. We accept what we read, ``Come 
unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you 
rest.''
  With the pressures of living in the House fishbowl, give grace and 
mercy to receive favors. Limit the mistakes made simply because we are 
human. Like those who have preceded within these Chambers, give wisdom 
to govern. Fill us with faith and hope that what we do here is not 
running on a treadmill but encouragingly touching the lives of the 
people at home. Teach us as we serve to care for one another.
  In Jesus' name, Amen.

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