[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12910]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear Lord, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We come to You as a Nation, indeed as a world, in the midst of great 
uncertainty and worry. As people look for causes and solutions, the 
temptation is great to seek ideological position.
  We ask that You might send Your spirit of peace and reconciliation 
that, instead of ascendancy over opponents, the Members of this 
people's House, and all elected to represent our Nation, might work 
together, humbly, recognizing the best in each other's hopes, to bring 
stability and direction toward a strong future.
  We pray also on this day in gratitude for the generations of young 
people who have served this assembly as congressional pages. Like so 
many in our Nation, their dedicated work for many years is giving way 
to improved technology and economic forces. May their contributions 
over the years never be forgotten and always appreciated, and may all 
pages find in their life pursuit the fulfillment of their giftedness 
and desire in continued service to others.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory. 
Amen.

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