[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  We give You thanks, O God, for giving us another day. Please help us 
to use it well.
  We ask Your blessing upon this assembly and upon all to whom the 
authority of government is given. Help them to meet their 
responsibilities during these days, to attend to the immediate needs 
and concerns of the moment, all the while, enlightened by the majesty 
of Your creation and Your eternal Spirit.
  We give You thanks that we all can know and share the fruits of Your 
Spirit, especially in this time, the virtue of tolerance and 
reconciliation, of justice and righteousness, of goodwill and 
understanding, of patience and loving care for others.
  Watch over this House and cause Your blessing to be upon each Member, 
that they might serve all the people with sincerity and truth.
  May all that is done within the people's House this day be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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