[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11315]
[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.
  How shall we be measured in Your sight? In a culture of achievement, 
we can carry over competitive attitudes to our relationship with You 
and to those we love and serve. But once we realize there is nothing we 
can do to make You love us more than You already do, we can be set free 
to simply love as You love and serve others with abandonment. Help us 
to give of ourselves in love and service, for this is enough.
  In a culture of success, the worst thing that can happen is to fail. 
But all You ask of us, O Lord, is to do what is right, speak what is 
true, and give of ourselves in service to others without counting the 
cost.
  Bless the Members of this people's House and bless us all with the 
grace to love as You love. May all we do be done for Your greater honor 
and glory.
  Amen.

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