[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 82 (Friday, May 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1967]
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:
  Compassionate God, thank You for giving us another day. With each 
passing day, O Lord, we hear discouraging news of suffering and death 
during this pandemic, but hopeful news of possible treatments. In it 
all, we are understandably impatient to be past this current crisis and 
returned to lives which we will never again experience.
  Such is the profile of human history. Through our own history, 
Americans have relied upon Your faithfulness in their personal lives, 
and at times, in our national experience.
  Today, we stand before You, imploring Your presence and assistance in 
our time of need. Give us the patience to trust in the work of medical 
researchers and professionals as they labor to conquer the coronavirus. 
Give them the wisdom and insight they need to bring to fruition their 
efforts to find a treatment and vaccine against this scourge.
  May everything done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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