[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 179 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7573]
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:
  Gracious and merciful God, we give You thanks for giving us another 
day.
  In this Chamber, where the people's House gathers, we pause to offer 
You gratitude for the gift of this good land on which we live and for 
this great Nation which You have inspired in developing over so many 
years. Continue to inspire the American people, that through the 
difficulties of these days we might keep liberty and justice alive in 
our Nation and in the world.
  During this season of holy days for so many Americans, give to us and 
all people a vivid sense of Your presence, that we may learn to 
understand each other, to respect each other, to work with each other, 
to live with each other, and to do good to each other. So shall we make 
our Nation great in goodness and good in its greatness.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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