[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We give You thanks as well as we begin the fall season of the 
people's House. Please give the Members of this House hope and wisdom 
as they confront old problems and unresolved issues. Give them an 
understanding both of who they were called to be by You, and what they 
are elected to do by the American people.
  Make them trustworthy as they seek what is best for our Nation. Free 
them from defensiveness toward and suspicion of those with whom they do 
not share party loyalties or political persuasions. Bind them together 
in a shared commitment to You, a passionate patriotism, and a deep 
dedication to find creative solutions in the concerns that confront us 
and divide us in these times.
  May Your blessing, O God, be with them and with us all this day and 
every day to come, and may all we do be done for Your greater honor and 
glory.
  Amen.

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