[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  We give You thanks, O God, for giving us another day. We ask Your 
blessing upon this assembly and upon all to whom the authority of 
government is given. We pray that Your spirit of reconciliation and 
peace, of goodwill and understanding, will prevail on the hearts and in 
the lives of us all.
  Encourage the Members of this House, O God, to use their abilities 
and talents in ways that bring righteousness to this Nation and to all 
people. Ever remind them of the needs of the poor, the homeless or 
forgotten, and those who live without freedom or liberty. May they be 
instruments of justice for all citizens. May Your spirit live with 
them, and with each of us, and may Your grace surround us and those we 
love that in all things we may be the people You would have us be in 
service to this great Nation.
  May all that is done within the people's House this day be for Your 
greater honor and glory. Amen.

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