[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16305]
[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.
  As we meditate on all of the blessings of life, we especially pray 
for the blessing of peace in our lives and in our world. Our fervent 
prayer, O God, is that people will learn to live together in 
reconciliation and respect so that the terrors of war, and of 
dictatorial abuse, will be no more.
  As You have created each person, we pray that You would guide our 
hearts and minds, that every person of every place and background might 
focus on Your great gift of life and so learn to live in unity.
  May Your special blessings be upon the Members of this assembly, in 
the important, sometimes difficult work they do. Give them wisdom and 
charity, that they might work together for the common good.
  And bless all peacemakers in our world. May Your eternal Spirit be 
with them and with us always.
  May all that is done this day in the people's House be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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