[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H10339]
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.
  As the 115th Congress draws near a close, we are reminded by 
Scripture that for every thing, there is an appointed time:
  A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
  A time to mourn, and a time to dance. . . .
  A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. . . .
  A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
  In the people's House there is also a time to win an election and a 
time to lose; a time to be sworn in and a time to retire.
  While it may be difficult to go through such transitions, we know, as 
did the author of Ecclesiastes, that the time does come to say good-bye 
to those who will be missed dearly for, indeed, in electoral politics, 
that is just the way it is.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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