[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9459]
[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 thank You once again that we, Your creatures, can come before You 
and ask guidance for the men and women of the people's House. Send Your 
Spirit of Wisdom as they face this day with difficult decisions to be 
made, work to be done, burdens to be carried. Might they work together 
with charity and join their efforts to accomplish what our Nation needs 
to live into a prosperous and secure future.
  We pray especially this day for one of the House's own whom You have 
called beyond this life. We give You thanks for the life and service to 
this Nation and this House of Mr. John Patrick Murtha. May he and all 
those who have served in our military rest now in peace.
  Please keep all the Members of this Congress, and all who work for 
the people's House, in good health, that they might faithfully fulfill 
the great responsibility given them by the people of this great Nation.
  Bless us this day and every day. May all that is done here this day 
be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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