[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13464]
[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.
  As the Members of the people's House return to the Capitol, call them 
as well with Your gentling voice of collegiality.
  When a sense of alienation shadows all of our souls, we find our 
differences difficult to bear; we move away from each other. Insofar as 
the spirit of alienation has descended upon this House, help each 
Member to overcome unnecessary divisions that hamper productive work on 
behalf of our Nation.
  Bring them to a deeper level of awareness of Your Spirit, and make us 
one Nation. Give the Members listening hearts, willing to give to each 
other time and attention and ready to respond to Your spirit living in 
each one.
  And may all that is done within the people's House this day be for 
Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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