[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6149]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We thank You once again that we, Your creatures, can come before You 
and ask guidance for the men and women of this assembly.
  Send Your spirit of wisdom as they enter into a difficult week and 
consider the appropriations needed for so many agencies charged with 
administering the various functions of government serving the citizens 
of the United States.
  Please keep all the Members of this Congress and all who work for the 
people's House in good health, that they might faithfully fulfill the 
great responsibility given them by the people of this great Nation.
  Bless us this day and every day. May all that is done here this day 
be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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