[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 73 (Friday, May 3, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3445]
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:
  Eternal Father, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  You are ever faithful in Your love and concern for us all. In turn, 
You ask us to be faithful, listening to Your word and taking it to 
heart.
  You require us to be faithful to our commitments, to Your 
commandments, to each other, and those we serve in Your holy name.
  As the Members visit their districts and encounter constituents, 
forgive any faults or failures in the difficult work of legislating. 
May they, and may we all, recognize personal shortcomings so as to make 
us all the more understanding of others.
  May Your forgiveness free us to love a new life and be more forgiving 
ourselves. Thus may Your compassion for the poor, the weak, and the 
alienated guide us now and forever.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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