[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 175 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8973]
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:
  Father of us all, thank You for giving us another day.
  In so many ways, the world is exploding with crisis after crisis. We 
ask Your blessing on the people and city of San Bernardino, but also 
upon this Nation, which seems plagued by so many problems of violence 
and resulting death.
  We ask Your blessing upon Syria and the Middle East, where the 
threats and dangers of terrorism are confusing to nations who now find 
themselves, as traditional foes, vulnerable before a ruthless 
organization professing a twisted, violent religious fervor.
  And we ask Your blessing upon our planet itself, which we all share. 
No matter the cause, we are well aware of extremes in weather systems 
which threaten populations in many parts of our world.
  All of these are great and complicated problems. As the Members of 
this assembly consider them, give them the grace to see one another as 
brothers and sisters, rather than as foes, who must work together for 
the love of our Nation and our world.
  May everything done in this place be for Your greater honor and 
glory.
  Amen.

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