[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We pray this day, O Lord, for peace in our world, that righteousness 
will be done and freedom will flourish.
  The work of these days has concerned the interchange of goods, 
talent, and resources with other nations of the world. In Your wisdom 
You created many peoples and have asked us to live and work together so 
that all might know and experience Your blessings.
  Send Your Spirit upon the Members of this people's House, that they 
might judiciously balance seemingly irreconcilable interests. Help them 
to execute their consciences and judgments with clarity and purity of 
heart so that all might stand before You honestly and trust that You 
can bring forth righteous fruits from their labors.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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