[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16264]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God of the universe, we give You thanks for giving us 
another day.
  On this All Hallows' Eve, we pray in thanksgiving for all our 
American ancestors, who lived courageously while forging futures 
fraught with risk and danger. Their hope and their faith, through many 
challenges and victories, built this great Nation. Grant them, living 
and dead, the peace of Your presence.
  We ask Your blessing as well upon the men and women of this, the 
people's House. May they strive with all their energy and goodwill to 
serve our Nation, to work on legislative solutions to the challenges we 
face in this time, always mindful that they are entrusted especially 
with the well-being of so many who are powerless. We know, O God, these 
little ones are of special interest and concern for You.
  Bless us this day and every day, and may all that is done within 
these hallowed halls be done for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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