[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4485]
[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 and to contribute to the common good. May they 
use their talents as good stewards of Your many gifts and thereby be 
true servants of justice and partners in peace.
  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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