[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 184 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9377]
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:
  Merciful 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.
  As the Members take this time to consider far-reaching legislation, 
give them wisdom and discernment. Help them to 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 be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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