[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 21 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1345]
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:
  We give You thanks, O God, for giving us another day.
  The Armed Forces have often been at the forefront of extending the 
recognition of equality under the law for our Nation. They were 
integrated long before most public and private organizations came to 
the realization that we have more in common than not with fellow 
Americans of races different than our own.
  So also in recognizing the strength and diversity of religion among 
those who serve in uniform. The Military Chaplaincy celebrated this 
past weekend the four chaplains--a Catholic, a Methodist, a Jew, and a 
Dutch Reform--who went down with the troop transport Dorchester on 
February 3, 1943, having given their life jackets to young soldiers who 
survived the torpedo attack that sunk their ship.
  Bless this day all those who serve in our Armed Forces. We thank You 
for inspiring the military in showing all Americans the ideals by 
which, at our best, we might live every day. May all who serve in this 
people's House be inspired as well to ever greater service of the 
people of our Nation, in all their diversity.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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