[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, we give You thanks for giving us another day. We pause 
in Your presence and ask guidance for the men and women of the people's 
House. Enable them, O God, to act on what they believe to be right and 
true and just, and to do so in ways that show respect for those with 
whom they disagree. In this, may they grow to be models and good 
examples in a time when so many in our world are unable to engage 
gracefully with those they are at odds with.
  May the Members realize that Your congregation is wider and broader 
than ever we could measure or determine. Help them, and help us, O 
Lord, to put away any judgments that belong to You and do what we can 
to live together in peace.
  As we approach this next recess, bless our great Nation and keep it 
faithful to its ideals, its hopes, and its promise of freedom in our 
world.
  Bless us this day and every day. And may all that is done within the 
people's House be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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