[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14829]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving and gracious God, we give You thanks for giving us another 
day.
  Bless the Members of this assembly as they set upon the work of these 
hours, of these days. Help them to make wise decisions in a good manner 
and to carry their responsibilities steadily with high hopes for a 
better future for our great Nation.
  You have created Your people to live in an environment of great 
diversity of race, color, creed, and opinion. These differences enrich 
our human experience but also demand of us the need to negotiate 
preferences and opinions toward a common goal.
  Please give to the Members of the people's House, in abundance, the 
wisdom, skill, and patience to see past their differences toward their 
commonalities in order to forge a strong and secure future for our 
Nation.
  May Your blessing, O God, be with them and with us all this day and 
every day to come, and may all we do be done for Your greater honor and 
glory.
  Amen.

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