[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H614]
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:
  Thank You, O Lord, for giving us another day.
  We call upon You this day to be with our Nation during these 
difficult times. Thousands are without work, services are diminishing, 
futures are increasingly precarious.
  May Your spirit impel those who are empowered to do so to bring 
resolution to the current shutdown. In such a contentious time, may 
humility be manifest in the exchange of opposing positions, that all 
might find relief, and those charged with serving to secure our safe 
travel and our borders can be properly compensated in a timely fashion.
  Lord, have mercy on us.
  May everything we do be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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