[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12739]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  As the Members of this people's House return, grant them the 
generosity to serve You as You deserve; to give of their industry and 
not count the cost; to fight for their convictions and not heed the 
political wounds; to toil and not seek for rest; to labor and not ask 
for reward except for knowing that, in being their best selves, they do 
Your will.
  And, dear God, on this day, we ask Your blessing upon the family of 
Tim Harroun. Grant them peace and consolation as they mourn the loss of 
their mother.
  May all that is done be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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