[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3]
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:
  Merciful God, we give You thanks for giving us another year.
  We ask Your blessing upon the Members of this people's House as they 
reconvene for the Second Session of the 116th Congress. May they 
anticipate the opportunities and difficulties that are before them, and 
before so many Americans, with steadfast determination to work together 
toward solutions that will benefit their countrymen.
  Grant that they be worthy of the responsibilities they have been 
given by their constituents and truly be the people You have called 
them to be. May the walls of disagreement that have divided this 
assembly be put aside and replaced by a spirit of respect and dignity 
and, where needed, cooperation.
  May Your spirit, O God, be in all of our hearts and minds and 
encourage us to do the works of peace and justice, now and always.
  May all that we do be done for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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