[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Loving God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  In the waning days of this 112th Congress, we ask Your blessing, O 
Lord, upon the Members of this people's House, and most especially upon 
the leadership. It is on their shoulders the most important 
negotiations of our time have been placed.
  They have been entrusted by their fellow Americans with the awesome 
privilege and responsibility of sustaining the great experiment of 
democratic self-government. Give them wisdom, grace, insight, and 
courage to forge an agreement that allows us all to move forward toward 
an encouraging future.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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