[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving and gracious God, we give You thanks for giving us another 
day.
  We ask today that You bless the Members of the people's House to be 
the best and most faithful servants of the people they serve.
  May they be filled with gratitude at the opportunity they have to 
serve in this place. We thank You for the abilities they have been 
given to do their work to contribute to the common good. May they use 
their talent as good stewards of Your many gifts and thereby be true 
servants of justice and partners in peace.
  As this second session of the 112th Congress draws near its end and 
pressing legislative business once again weighs heavily on this Hill 
and throughout our land, withhold not Your spirit of wisdom and truth 
from this assembly. Give each Member clarity of thought and purity of 
motive so that they may render their service as their best selves.
  May all that is done this day in the people's House be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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