[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 87 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1981]
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 and merciful God, thank You for giving us another day.
  As confirmation of the economic suffering so many Americans are 
experiencing becomes known, we ask Your blessing upon all those who are 
working to ease the effects of lost jobs and spreading infection.
  Bless those who continue to serve, even though threatened in doing 
so--healthcare professionals, food service workers, and those whose 
work demands they engage outside zones of distance protection.
  Bless, as well, the Members of this House, the Senate, and those 
working in the administration. Give them all the wisdom to balance 
health security with maintaining an economy that works now but also can 
reemerge in the future.
  May everything done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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