[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11229]
[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.
  As the House gathers at the end of a difficult week, grant the 
Members peace and calm, that they might attend to the issues and 
policies that they continue to consider. May they honor the values and 
traditions that we share as a people. Help them be mindful of the gifts 
of peace, justice, fairness, and respect that are our common heritage.
  As it is so often easy for all of us to focus on what separates one 
from another, may our understanding that You have created us as one 
people remind us of the values that bind us all together as Americans 
in the human family.
  May all that is done this day in the people's House be for Your 
greater honor and glory. Amen.

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