[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7287]
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:
  Lord of all creation, thank You for giving us another day.
  We come before You again, O Lord, to implore Your blessing upon a 
nation seeing continually high rates of infection with COVID-19. Our 
hospitals are near breaking point in the availability of beds for those 
who are stricken.
  Thank You again for those men and women of science who have developed 
the vaccines now beginning to be distributed. This is a great sign of 
hope in the midst of so much suffering and fear. Lord, have mercy.
  Bless the Members of this House, and of the Senate, as the omnibus 
and the coronavirus relief bills are presented and considered today. 
Give them wisdom and generosity; increase their trust that Your people 
in this Nation will use the assistance coming their way to fuel a 
struggling economy.
  May all that is done be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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